| 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 |
outskirts, suburbs, rural area
- On:
- コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 郊外 【コウガイ】 suburb, residential area on the outskirt of a city, commuter belt
- 郊外化 【コウガイカ】 suburbanization
- 南郊 【ナンコウ】 southern suburbs
- 北郊 【ホッコウ】 northern suburbs
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- afueras
- suburbios
- área rural
Portuguese
- periferia
- subúrbios
- área rural
French
- périphérie
- banlieue
- zone rurale
| 1254 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1237 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4761 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1030 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 968 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 888 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 817 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 836 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 503 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 756 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1638 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 864 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1861 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39392 | Morohashi |
| 1286 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6137 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1844 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1987 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1299 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 0742.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 90ca | Unicode hex code |