南

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南

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simpl. and trad.
南
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[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形): a hanging percussion instrument.

Borrowed for the word "south," for unknown reasons (phonetic resemblance?). Originally identical to the left side of 殼.

[edit] Han character

南 (radical 24 十+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十月廿十 (JBTJ), four-corner 40227)

[edit] Coordinate terms

  • 西 (“west”)
  • 北 (“north”)
  • 東 (“east”)

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 157, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2750
  • Dae Jaweon: page 357, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 65, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5357

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

南 (Yale naam4)

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[edit] Kanji

南 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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[edit] Noun

南 (hiragana みなみ, romaji minami)

  1. the south
    • c. 762: Shōsōin Man'yōgana Monjo
      和可夜之奈比乃 可波利爾波 於保末之末須 美奈美乃末知奈流奴乎 宇氣與止 於保止己可都可佐乃比止伊布 之可流可由恵爾 序禮宇氣牟比止良 久流末毛太之米弖 末都利伊禮之米太末布日 與禮良毛伊太佐牟 之可毛己乃波古美於可牟毛 阿夜布可流 可由恵爾 波夜久末可利太末布日之 於保己可ツ可佐奈比氣奈波 比止乃太氣太可比止 □己止波宇氣都流

[edit] Proper noun

南 (hiragana みなみ, romaji Minami)

  1. A surname.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

南
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 남 (revised: nam, McCune-Reischauer: nam, Yale: nam)
  • Name (hangeul): 남녘 (revised: namnyeok, McCune-Reischauer: namnyŏk, Yale: namnyekh)
  1. the south

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

南 (pinyin nán (nan2), nā (na1), Wade-Giles nan2)

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[edit] Han character

南 (*nom, nʌm)

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[edit] Hanzi

南 (POJ lâm)

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

南 (nam)

  1. south, southern
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