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

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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

13 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
hop, leap up, spring, jerk, prance, buck, splash, sputter, snap
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1716 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 跳躍 【チョウヤク】 jump, leap, skip, bound
  • 跳馬 【チョウバ】 long horse (for vaulting)
  • 反跳 【ハンチョウ】 (physical) recoil

Kun reading compounds

  • 跳ねる 【はねる】 to jump, to leap, to prance, to spring up, to bound, to hop, to break up, to close, to come to an end, to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
  • 飛ぶ 【とぶ】 to fly, to soar, to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop, to spatter, to scatter, to splash, to fly (e.g. of sparks), to hurry, to rush, to flee, to run off, to escape, to disappear, to vanish, to fade, to thin out, to break off, to come off, to fall off, to blow (of a fuse), to be sent out (of an order), to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.), to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.), to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.), to skip, to jump (e.g. of a conversation)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tiao4
Korean:
jo, do

Spanish

  • volar
  • brincar
  • saltar

Portuguese

  • pulo
  • saltar
  • pular
  • empurrão
  • galope
  • dólar
  • respingar
  • erupção
  • tranco

French

  • sauter
  • bondir
  • caracoler
  • ruer (cheval)
  • jaillir
  • gicler
  • craquer
  • collision
1595 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1980 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4562 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1590 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1793 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1563 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1666 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1586 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1763 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1934 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1030 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1392 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1292 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37533 Morohashi
1532 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5877 New Nelson (John Haig)
1284 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1378 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1673 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3757 2001 Kanji
7d6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
6211.3 Four corner code
1-36-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8df3 Unicode hex code

Speed

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鯊 【はぜ】 goby (fish), yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
  • 糸引鯊 【いとひきはぜ】 Myersina filifer (species of goby)
  • 紬鯊 【つむぎはぜ】 yellowfin toxic goby (Yongeichthys criniger), horny goby

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sha1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

Portuguese

French

46186 Morohashi
6867 New Nelson (John Haig)
11a7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-11 SKIP code
3933.6 Four corner code
1-82-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9bca Unicode hex code