The kanji 南: meaning, readings and stroke order

南

Meaning: south
On reading: ナン nan、ナ* na
Kun reading: みなみ minami
Strokes: 9
Radical: 十 ten, complete
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phía nam (nam)
Japanese: みなみ。
Korean: 남쪽 (남)
Chinese: 南方

Readings, words and example sentences

ナン nan · on reading

南なん北ぼく
north and south
南なん北ぼくに長い国です。
It is a country that is long from north to south.

みなみ minami · kun reading

南みなみ
south
南みなみの空に雲が出ました。
Clouds came out in the southern sky.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.