南 — Chinese character
南
nán
south; southern; southward
- Pinyin
- nán
- Radical
- 24 ⼗ (Ten)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 十 冂 丷 干
- Formation
- pictographic — A musical bell
- Japanese
- 南 as a kanji
Common words with 南
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南部 | nán bù | southern part |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
| 南北 | nán běi | north and south; north to south |
| 东南 (東南) | dōng nán | southeast |
| 指南 | zhǐ nán | to guide; guidebook |
| 以南 | yǐ nán | to the south of (suffix) |
| 南亚 (南亞) | nán Yà | southern Asia |
| 南极 (南極) | nán jí | the South Pole; the south magnetic pole |
| 东南部 (東南部) | dōng nán bù | southeast part |
| 西南部 | xī nán bù | southwest part |
| 南边 (南邊) | nán bian | south; south side |
English words written with 南
南 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 12 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 11 · Zhuangzi 63 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Analects 5.1
- Analects 6.1
- Analects 6.26
- Analects 11.5
- Analects 13.22
- Analects 14.6
- Analects 15.4
- Analects 17.10
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.