南 (nán): meaning and stroke order
南 (nán) means south, surname Nan, used in 南无, Taiwan pr..
南
- Simplified
- 南
- Traditional
- 南 (same form)
- Pinyin
- nán · nā
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Stroke order of 南
南
- Nán surname Nan
- nā used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
- nán south
- 9 strokes
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Meaning of 南
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nán
- south
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Nán
- surname Nan
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nā
- used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Taiwan pr. [na2]
Radical and structure
- 南
- Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 9 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 南
- 海南 Hǎi nán see 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]; see 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]
- 东南 dōng nán southeast
- 云南 Yún nán see 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
- 南宋 Nán sòng the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- 南方 nán fāng south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
- 指南针 zhǐ nán zhēn compass
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).