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Kanji Detail for 南 - "south, to go south"

南

  • Meaning

    南 means "south, to go south." Also associated with sanskrit transliteration.

    1. South - The southern direction; one of the cardinal directions.

    2. To go south - To travel toward the south.

    3. Sanskrit transliteration - Used to represent sounds in Buddhist terminology.

  • Words using 南

    • 南北 なんぼく Listen north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
    • 東南 とうなん Listen south-east
    • 南部 なんぶ Listen southern part; the south (of a region)
    • 南西 なんせい Listen southwest
    • 南アフリカ みなみアフリカ Listen South Africa
    • 南米 なんべい Listen South America
    • 中南米 ちゅうなんべい Listen Central and South America
    • 南東 なんとう Listen southeast

  • Four-character idioms with 南

    • 南征北伐 なんせいほくばつ Listen attacking in all directions
    • 南無三宝 なむさんぼう Listen Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha); oh no!; good heavens!
    • 南船北馬 なんせんほくば Listen constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move
    • 東西南北 とうざいなんぼく Listen east, west, south and north

  • Tattoo check: 南

    • Verified meaning: south, to go south
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たかみなみ, なみ, なむ, なむちょる)
    • Also carries these associations: sanskrit transliteration

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 南

    Given names 南(なみ)Listen 南(なむちょる)Listen 南(なん)Listen 南(なんてつ)Listen 南(ひなた)Listen 南(みうみ)Listen 南(みな)Listen 南(みなみ)Listen

    Surnames 南(たかみなみ)Listen 南(なむ)Listen 南(なんざき)Listen 南(みなみたて)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    south

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    south; southern part; southward

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Nan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    south; southern; southward

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A direction name. | A music name. Refers to the Zhou Nan and Shao Nan in the Book of Odes.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    na(ナ) ナ

    nan(ナン) ナン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    minami(みなみ) みなみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    十 (ju)

  • Related Keywords

    south to go south sanskrit transliteration southward cardinal compass direction equator hemisphere latitude warm tropical navigation

Sentences including 南

  • His house is on the south side of the river.

  • Tell me what you did in shounan.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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