南

Meanings: south

On Readings: ナン nan

Kun Readings: みなみ minami

Most Used Pronunciation: minami
JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji)

Grade: 2

Kanji Part: 十

Stroke Number: 9

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Common jukugo
南極 - なん　きょく nan kyoku - South Pole, Antarctic
南米 - なん　べい nan bei - South America
南北戦争 - なん　ぼく　せん　そう nan boku sen sou - Civil War (war of north and south)

Useful Examples

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Notes/Mnemonic
Remember: there is money (￥ yen) in the south

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.