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南
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

south

HSK 1 N4
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nán
ナン、ナ
みなみ
남
Depicts a bell-shaped musical instrument. The current meaning of 南 is a phonetic loan.
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Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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南
Regular
Modern
Chinese
南 [Nán]
surname Nan
南 [nán]
south
Japanese
南 みなみ 同音
noun south
南 ナン 同音

noun

  1. mahjong south wind tile
  2. mahjong winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
フランスは英国の南にある。
France is to the south of England.
Japanese Names
南 たかみなみ
Takaminami surname
南 なみ
Nami female given namesurname
南 なむ
Namu surname
南 なむちょる
Namuchoru given name
南 なん
Nan female given namesurname
南 なんざき
Nanzaki surname
南 なんてつ
Nantetsu given name
南 ひなた
Hinata female given name
南 みうみ
Miumi female given name
南 みな
Mina female given name
南 みなみ
Minami female given namesurname
南 みなみたて
Minamitate unclassified name
南 みなみはま
Minamihama surname
南 みみ
Mimi unclassified name
南 みんなみ
Minnami unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
南方 [nán​fāng] #2,940
south
南京 [Nán​jīng] #13,352
Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
越南 [Yuè​nán] #4,919
Vietnam
南部 [nán​bù] #5,194
southern part
南瓜 [nán​guā] #5,744
pumpkin
西南 [xī​nán] #9,044
southwest
河南 [Hé​nán] #55,758
Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng​zhōu]
湖南 [Hú​nán] #36,858
Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng​shā]
指南 [zhǐ​nán] #7,756
to guide
云南 [Yún​nán] #3,449
Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[diān] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 南部 [なんぶ] #7,959
southern part
⭐ 南方 [なんぽう] #13,227
the south
⭐ 日向 [ひなた] #13,373
sunny place
⭐ 南側 [みなみがわ] #15,633
south side
⭐ 南西 [なんせい] #18,816
southwest
⭐ 南東 [なんとう] #20,932
southeast
⭐ 南北 [なんぼく] #21,073
north and south
南下 [なんか] #21,661
going south
南国 [なんごく] #22,545
southern country
指南 [しなん] #25,109
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.)
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KOREAN WORDS (41)
월남 #8,859
going south over the border
남부 #20,670
southern part
남대문 #30,838
Namdaemun Gate
강남
south of a river
남극
the South Pole; South Pole region; Antarctica
남극 대륙
Antarctica
남극해
the Antarctic Ocean
남단
southernmost part; southern end
남도
namdo; southern province
남동
southeast; southeastern direction
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