| 124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 208 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 190 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 205 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 778 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 157 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 29 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 912 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 74 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 74 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 41 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 247 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2584 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1320 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1791 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1627 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2750 | Morohashi |
| 2082 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 619 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1613 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1740 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 401 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 186 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
341 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
- 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
- 東南 【トウナン】 south-east
- 西南 【セイナン】 south-west
- 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
- 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
Kun reading compounds
- 南 【みなみ】 south
- 南アフリカ 【みなみアフリカ】 South Africa
- 東南 【とうなん】 south-east
- 西南 【せいなん】 south-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なみ、 は、 みな、 みまみ
- Korean:
- nam
Spanish
- Sur
Portuguese
- sul
French
- sud
| 1553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 4022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5357 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
512 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 天 【テン】 sky, heaven, God, svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth), deva (divine being of Buddhism), top (of a book), sole (of a Japanese sandal), beginning, start, tempura, India
- 天下 【テンカ】 the whole world, the whole country, society, the public, supremacy over a nation, government of a country, the ruling power, having one's own way, doing as one pleases, peerless, incomparable, superlative, world-famous, shogun (Edo period)
- 炎天 【エンテン】 blazing heat, scorching sun
- 楽天 【ラクテン】 optimism
Kun reading compounds
- 天津 【あまつ】 heavenly, imperial
- 天津乙女 【あまつおとめ】 celestial maiden
- 天 【あめ】 sky
- 天地 【てんち】 heaven and earth, the universe, the world, nature, land, world, realm, sphere, top and bottom, gods of heaven and earth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あも、 た、 たかし、 て、 なま
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- paraíso
- cielo
- imperial
Portuguese
- paraíso
- ceú
- imperiais
French
- cieux
- ciel
- impérial
| 119 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 67 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 58 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 364 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 16 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 78 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 41 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 93 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 141 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 141 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 462 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 410 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4250 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2148 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2898 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 435 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5833 | Morohashi |
| 3442 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1138 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 428 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 457 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 277 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 34 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3163 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 1043.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5929 | Unicode hex code |