| 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
- 瓜蒂 【カテイ】 stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 瓜田 【カデン】 melon field, melon patch
- 種なし西瓜 【タネナシスイカ】 seedless watermelon
- 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
- 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
- 草木瓜 【クサボケ】 dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica), (Japanese) flowering quince, Maule's quince, japonica
Kun reading compounds
- 瓜 【うり】 melon, gourd
- 瓜二つ 【うりふたつ】 exactly alike (in appearance), like two peas in a pod, (practically) identical, spitting image (of), carbon copy (of)
- 毛瓜 【もううり】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
- 赤瓜 【あかもううい】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う
- Korean:
- gwa
Spanish
- melón
Portuguese
French
- melon
| 2973 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1888 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 305 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3789 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1895 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21371X | Morohashi |
| 3038 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3686 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1877 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2022 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2662 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 7223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 74dc | Unicode hex code |