南 : South

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Components:

十冂干

south

On 'yomi:

ナン(nan) ナ(na)

Kun 'yomi:

みなみ(minami)

Nanori:

なみ(nami) は(ha) みな(mina) みまみ(mimami)

Strokes:	9
Radical:	十 (24)
Usage Rating:	341

JLPT:	N5
old JLPT:	4
Grade:	2

Unicode:	05357
jis208:	38-78

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南 Usage examples

西南の役(せいなんのえき)	the Satsuma Rebellion
斗南(となん)	the whole world, south of the Big Dipper
南阿共和国(なんあきょうわこく)	Republic of South Africa
南岸沿い(なんがんぞい)	along the southern coast
南斗(なんと)	Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
東南東(とうなんとう)	east-southeast, ESE
南極条約(なんきょくじょうやく)	Antarctic Treaty
南部連合国(なんぶれんごうこく)	Confederate States of America, CSA
南斗六星(なんとろくせい)	Milk Dipper, southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius
南ア連邦(みなみアれんぽう)	The Union of South Africa
南アフリカ連邦(みなみアフリカれんぽう)	The Union of South Africa
南無三宝(なむさんぼう)	I believe in the Three Treasures of Buddhism, Oh my Great Buddha!, Good heavens!
南蛮渡来(なんばんとらい)	(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
兵法指南(へいほうしなん)	instruction in martial arts
恋愛指南(れんあいしなん)	instruction in the ways of love
南天(ナンテン)	heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica), nandina
南鮮(なんせん)	South Korea
南無八幡大菩薩(なむはちまんだいぼさつ)	O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
南京鉋(ナンキンかんな) 南京かんな(ナンキンかんな)	spokeshave, spoke shave
南方仏教(なんぽうぶっきょう)	Southern Buddhism (as practiced in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)
南京大虐殺(ナンキンだいぎゃくさつ)	Nanking Massacre, Rape of Nanking
南京事件(ナンキンじけん)	Rape of Nanking (1937), Nanking Massacre
図南(となん)	large undertaking attempted in a far-off land
南西諸島(なんせいしょとう)	Nansei Islands, Ryukyu Islands, chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan