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KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小29 strokesRadical 十#341 in newspapers

南 · south

南 is a kanji meaning south. It has 9 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ナンnan
  • ナna

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • みなみminami

Practise the N5 kanji

In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 南 · 4 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 南
WordReadingMeaningLevel
南みなみSouthN5
南極なんきょくsouth pole, AntarcticN2
南米なんべいSouth AmericaN2
南北なんぼくsouth and northN2

Example sentence

風は南へ吹く。

かぜはみなみへふく

The wind blows south.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #84005 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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