EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    the south; southward; southern direction

    私の故郷の町はニューヨークの南方10マイルのところにある。
    My home town lies 10 miles south of New York.
  2. Noun

    countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

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Characters in this word

2
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south

Kun
みなみ
On
ナン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
341 of 2500
Radical
ten
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

なみみなみまみ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 3-4-5SKIP code
2k7.1The Kanji Dictionary
4022.7Four corner code
1553deroo
5357Unicode hex code
1-38-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
778Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
619New Nelson (John Haig)
2082New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2584Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1320Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1791Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1613Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1740Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
205A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
912Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
157Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2750Morohashi
190A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
74Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
124sakade
29Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
208henshall3
186Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
401crowley
41Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
247Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1627Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nan2, na1Pinyin reading
namKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
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direction, person, alternative

Kun
かた-かた-がた
On
ホウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
46 of 2500
Radical
square
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

からなたふさまさみち

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2, 3-3-1SKIP code
4h0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0022.7Four corner code
445deroo
65b9Unicode hex code
1-42-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2082Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2389New Nelson (John Haig)
1963New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2459Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1709Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
490Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
529Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
28A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
85Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
26Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13620Morohashi
204A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
70Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
138sakade
182Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
223henshall3
102Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
25crowley
43Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
957Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
501Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fang1Pinyin reading
bangKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level