Keyword
south
- Frequency
- #341
- Strokes
- 9
- Grade
- 2
- JLPT (old)
- N4
- Heisig
- 1740
Readings
ナン79%
みなみ21%
Mnemonic
Ten goats with horns lie in an upside-down box on the sun-baked roof, left to dry like jerky: they must be somewhere hot and far south.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
南方
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
Noun
南蛮
chili pepper; nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions; thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)
Noun
南京
Nanjing (China); Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign; rare; precious; cute
Noun