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Mythic Mandarin

南方 (nán fāng): meaning and stroke order

南方 (nán fāng) means south; southern direction.

南方

Simplified
南方
Traditional
南方 (same form)
Pinyin
nán fāng

Stroke order of 南方

南

  • Nán surname Nan
  • nā used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
  • nán south
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

方

  • Fāng surname Fang
  • fāng square; power or involution (math.)
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 南方

  1. nán fāng
    • south; southern direction
    • (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River

Radicals of the characters

南
Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 9 strokes
方
Radical 方 (Kangxi radical 70) · 4 strokes · 丶 on top, 万 below

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.

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).