| 1738 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 8178 | Morohashi |
| 1477 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
Readings
- Korean:
- choe
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3o8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 2221.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-54-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5d14 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 善 【ゼン】 good, goodness, right, virtue
- 善意 【ゼンイ】 virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides, good faith
- 親善 【シンゼン】 friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity
- 独善 【ドクゼン】 self-righteousness, self-justified
Kun reading compounds
- 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
- 善い行い 【よいおこない】 good deed
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
- 良く 【よく】 nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...
- 善くも 【よくも】 how dare ..., how could ..., surprisingly, unexpectedly
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たる、 よし
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- bondad
- virtud
Portuguese
- bom
- virtuoso
- bondade
French
- bien
- bonté
- vertu
| 831 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 929 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 735 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 643 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 606 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 717 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 415 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1799 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1191 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 676 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 295 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2921 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1501 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1044 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3904 | Morohashi |
| 2325 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 859 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1035 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 949 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 977 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-9-3 | SKIP code |
| 8060.5 | Four corner code |
| 8060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5584 | Unicode hex code |