Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
south
Kun:
みなみ
On:
ナン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
341 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nan2, na1
Korean:
nam

Spanish

  • Sur

Portuguese

  • sul

French

  • sud
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)
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

12 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
Variants:
barbarian
Kun:
えびす
On:
バン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2339 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蛮勇 【バンユウ】 foolhardiness, recklessness, savage valour, savage valor, brute courage
  • 蛮行 【バンコウ】 act of barbarity, barbarism, brutality, savagery
  • 南蛮 【ナンバン】 southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south), South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods), Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods), foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe), exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style), chili pepper, nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions, thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)
  • 生蕃 【セイバン】 unconquered savage, uncivilized aboriginal, aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
man2
Korean:
man

Spanish

  • bárbaro
  • extranjero
  • violento

Portuguese

  • bárbaro

French

  • barbare
1722 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1894 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
322 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1390 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1718 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1879 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2044 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1825 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1609 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2638 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1347 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1827 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1763 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33044 Morohashi
2129 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5314 New Nelson (John Haig)
1747 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1884 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1580 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
471 2001 Kanji
2j10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-10 SKIP code
2-6-6 SKIP code
0013.6 Four corner code
1-40-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86ee Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1198 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 繁 【ハン】 complexity, frequency, trouble, traditional Chinese character, unsimplified Chinese character
  • 繁栄 【ハンエイ】 prosperity, thriving, flourishing

Kun reading compounds

  • 茂る 【しげる】 to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious
  • 繁く 【しげく】 frequently

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan2, po2
Korean:
beon, ban

Spanish

  • exuberante
  • próspero
  • sobrecrecido
  • complejo
  • problemático
  • confuso

Portuguese

  • luxuriante
  • espesso
  • coberto de vegetação
  • frequência
  • complexidade
  • dificuldade

French

  • luxuriant
  • épais
  • envahi (herbes)
  • fréquence
  • complexité
  • ennuis
1720 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3596 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1092 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1647 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2848 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1292 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1367 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1187 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1510 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3536 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1826 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2484 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1349 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27803P Morohashi
2853 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4570 New Nelson (John Haig)
1337 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1435 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1845 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2341 2001 Kanji
6a10.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-6 SKIP code
8890.3 Four corner code
1-40-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e41 Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 縷言 【ルゲン】 detailed explanation
  • 縷述 【ルジュツ】 detailed explanation
  • 一縷 【イチル】 slightest connection, slender connection, sliver (e.g. of hope), one thread
  • 縷々 【ルル】 in detail, minutely, at great length, unceasing, continuous, unbroken

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:3
Korean:
ru

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3605 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2878 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
27832 Morohashi
4584 New Nelson (John Haig)
6a11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
2594.4 Four corner code
1-69-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e37 Unicode hex code