Hanja Analyzer
南

南 — nam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
남녘 남
Romanization
nam
English
south; southern part; southward
Mandarin
nán
Japanese on'yomi
ナン, ナ
Japanese kun'yomi
みなみ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#341 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
十 (24, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+5357

Korean example words with 南

  • 남단南端 Korean gloss: 남쪽의 끝
  • 남진南進 Korean gloss: 남쪽으로 나아감
  • 남창南窓 Korean gloss: 남쪽으로 난 창
  • 남하南下 Korean gloss: 남쪽으로 내려감
  • 남국南國 Korean gloss: 남쪽에 있는 나라
  • 남문南門 Korean gloss: 성곽의 남쪽에 있는 문
  • 남부南部 Korean gloss: 어떤 지역의 남쪽 부분
  • 남풍南風 Korean gloss: 남쪽에서 불어오는 바람
  • 남북南北 Korean gloss: 남쪽과 북쪽을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 대남對南 Korean gloss: ‘남한에 대한’의 뜻을 나타내는 말
  • 동남東南 Korean gloss: 동쪽을 기준으로 동쪽과 남쪽 사이의 방위
  • 서남西南 Korean gloss: 서쪽을 기준으로 서쪽과 남쪽 사이의 방위

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 南

  • 南みなみ south
  • 南北なんぼく north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
  • 東南とうなん south-east
  • 南部なんぶ southern part; the south (of a region)
  • 南西なんせい southwest
  • 南アフリカみなみアフリカ South Africa
  • 南米なんべい South America
  • 中南米ちゅうなんべい Central and South America
  • 南極なんきょく South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
  • 南東なんとう southeast
  • 南側みなみがわ south side
  • 南方なんぽう the south; southward; southern direction

Characters sharing the phonetic 南

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “남” in Korean.

Other hanja read “남”

Other hanja with radical 十

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