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南
south
N5On: なんKun: みなみ
Memory Aid
The top part of this kanji looks like a cross, similar to a compass rose. The lines below it extend downwards, indicating the direction of SOUTH.
'Nan' — Imagine your Nanny went SOUTH for the winter to a warm beach.
Vocabulary
南みなみsouth
南口みなみぐちsouth exit
南極なんきょくSouth Pole
南米なんべいSouth America
Example Sentences
南へ歩いてください。
Please walk south.
駅の南口で会いましょう。
Let's meet at the south exit of the station.
南極にはペンギンがたくさんいます。
There are many penguins at the South Pole.
南米はとても遠いです。
South America is very far.