南 — kanji meaning “south”
南
south
- Meanings
- south
- On'yomi
- ナン (nan)、ナ (na)
- Kun'yomi
- みなみ
- Name readings
- なみ、は、みな、みまみ
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #341 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 24
- Chinese reading
- nán, nā — Chinese character page
Words with 南
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南部 | なんぶ nanbu | southern part; the south (of a region) |
| 南北 | なんぼく nanboku | north and south; north to south |
| 南西 | なんせい nansei | southwest |
| 南東 | なんとう nantou | southeast |
| 南極 | なんきょく nankyoku | South Pole |
| 南米 | なんべい nanbei | South America |
| 南側 | みなみがわ minamigawa | south side |
| 南海 | なんかい nankai | southern sea |
| 南方 | なんぽう nanpou | the south; southward; southern direction |
| 中南米 | ちゅうなんべい chuunanbei | Central and South America |
| 南蛮 | なんばん nanban | southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south) |
| 東南 | とうなん tounan | south-east |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.