南 (naam4 | nan2 {na2}) : south

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南

naam4

nan2 {na2}

[1] south; southern part; southward [2] a type of ancient music played in the south of China [3] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 十 (#24)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

南

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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南方 naam4 fong1 nan2 fang1 = southern; the South

南北 naam4 bak1 nan2 bei3 = north and south

南瓜 naam4 gwaa1 nan2 gua1 = pumpkin

東南 dung1 naam4 dong1 nan2 = southeast

西南 sai1 naam4 xi1 nan2 = southwest

東南西北 dung1 naam4 sai1 bak1 dong1 nan2 xi1 bei3 = the four cardinal directions

南非 naam4 fei1 nan2 fei1 = South Africa

南海 naam4 hoi2 nan2 hai3 = South China Sea; Namhoi

南亞 naam4 aa3 nan2 ya3 (Taiwan), nan2 ya4 (PRC) = southern Asia

南華 naam4 waa4 nan2 hua2 = South China (in names of places and institutions); (placename) Nam Wah
See all 237 compounds (CantoDict reports 246 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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請你幫我買幾份報紙，南華、星島、明報各一份。
Please buy some newspapers for me, South China (Morning Post), Sing Tao (Daily) and Ming Pao (Daily), one each.

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Decimal representation of this word: 南
Unicode code for this character: U+5357 (off-site link)

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