| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絵ろうそく 【エロウソク】 candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)
- 裸蝋燭 【ハダカロウソク】 naked candle, uncovered candle, unshaded candle
- 燭 【ショク】 light, lamp, obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
- 燭台 【ショクダイ】 candlestick, candlestand
- 華燭 【カショク】 bright light, wedding ceremony
- 手燭 【テショク】 portable candlestick
Kun reading compounds
- 灯火 【ともしび】 light, lamp, torch
Readings
- Korean:
- chog
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2811 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1391 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1008 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 19480 | Morohashi |
| 3496 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2539 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2976 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4d13.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-13 | SKIP code |
| 9682.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 71ed | Unicode hex code |