Sumi
JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 8
南 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order
south
- On
- ナンnan ナna ダンdan
- Kun
- みなみminami
Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi
How to write 南: stroke order
南 has 9 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.
Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples
Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Parts of 南
The parts 南 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.
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冂
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dry; interfere