南 nán
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
南边
nánbian
south side
Characters in this word
边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 南边有一个商店。 Nánbiān yǒu yí gè shāngdiàn. There's a shop to the south.
- 南边是学校。 Nánbiān shì xuéxiào. The school is on the south side.
- 他住在南边。 Tā zhù zài nánbiān. He lives on the south side.