EntryCommonWaniKani 60
  1. Noun

    southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

    Historical termDerogatory

  2. South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

    Historical term

  3. Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

    Historical term

  4. Noun, used as a prefix

    foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)

    Historical term

  5. Noun

    chili pepper

    see 唐辛子

  6. nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

    Food, cookingAbbreviationsee 南蛮煮

  7. thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)

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Characters in this word

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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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barbarian

Kun
えびす
On
バン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2339 of 2500
Radical
insect
WaniKani
Level 60

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-2-10, 2-6-6SKIP code
2j10.1The Kanji Dictionary
0013.6Four corner code
471deroo
86eeUnicode hex code
1-40-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
322Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5314New Nelson (John Haig)
2129New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2638Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1347Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1827Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1747Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1884Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1894A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1390Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
33044Morohashi
1722A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1879Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2044Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1718Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1580Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1825Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1609Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1763Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
man2Pinyin reading
manKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
60WaniKani level