Kanji
南
kanji character
south
南 kanji-南 south
南
Meaning
south
Readings
Kun'yomi
- みなみ がわ south side
- みなみ あふりか South Africa
- みなみ ぐち south entrance
On'yomi
- なん ぼく north and south
- なん ぶ southern part
- なん きょく South Pole
- な む amen
- しゃく な げ rhododendron
- かん な び kannabi
Practice Writing
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Related Entries
Common Words
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南 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles -
南 北 north and south, north to south, South Korea and North Korea -
南 部 southern part, the south (of a region) -
南 瓜 pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.), squash -
南 極 South Pole, the Antarctic, Antarctica -
南 西 southwest -
南 東 southeast -
東 南 south-east -
南 米 South America -
日 南 sunny place, in the sun -
南 側 south side -
南 アフリカSouth Africa -
南 海 southern sea -
南 方 the south, southward, southern direction... -
南 口 south entrance, south exit -
西 南 south-west -
中 南 米 Central and South America -
南 氷 洋 Antarctic Ocean -
南 下 going south -
南 風 south wind, southerly wind, summer -
指 南 instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.)... -
南 緯 southern latitude -
南 半 球 southern hemisphere -
南 蛮 southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south), South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods), Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)... -
南 北 問 題 North-South problem -
南 極 点 (geographic) South Pole -
南 欧 Southern Europe -
南 郊 southern suburbs -
南 洋 South Seas -
南 中 culmination, southing, crossing the meridian