南 – south

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The kanji 南 means south. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ナン、ナ (nan, na); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みなみ (minami). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 十 (no. 24).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ナン	nan
On’yomi	ナ	na
Kun’yomi	みなみ	minami

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 十 (Kangxi radical 24). Components: 干・十・并・冂.

Words using 南

南みなみsouth南極なんきょくSouth Pole南米なんべいSouth America南北なんぼくnorth and south

Example sentences

フランスは英国の南にある。

France is to the south of England.

Tatoeba #196997

たとえ私たちが即座に使用をやめても、南極のオゾンホールが元に戻るのにはさらに後６０年かかります。

Even if we do this, it will be another sixty years before the Antarctic ozone hole is repaired.

Tatoeba #203490

私は清水の舞台から飛び降りる気持ちで南米に渡ります。

I am going to take a big chance by migrating to South America.

Tatoeba #155561

Kanji with the same radical

十協午千半単卒博卓卑

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.