南 nán
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
南
nán
south
Character
Example phrases
- 我家在南边。 Wǒ jiā zài nánbiān. My home is in the south.
- 学校的南边是医院。 Xuéxiào de nánbiān shì yīyuàn. South of the school is a hospital.
- 我要去南边。 Wǒ yào qù nánbiān. I want to go south.
- 从南到北很远。 Cóng nán dào běi hěn yuǎn. From south to north is very far.
- 我们从南走到北。 Wǒmen cóng nán zǒu dào běi. We walk from the south to the north.
Related words
- 南边 nánbian south side
- 东南 dōngnán southeast
- 南方 nánfāng the south
- 西南 xīnán southwest
- 南部 nánbù southern part
- 南北 nánběi north and south
- 南极 nánjí South Pole
- 南极洲 Nánjízhōu Antarctica
- 南美洲 Nánměizhōu South America
- 南瓜 nánguā pumpkin; squash
- 南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé to act in a way that contradicts one's goal; to go in the opposite direction
- 指南 zhǐnán guide; handbook; guidelines