WHOLE CHARACTER
南
south; southern
南 is south, the direction on your right when you face the morning sun.
Taught as one complete written unit; ZDIC describes the original as a pictograph.
Building Blockssingle whole character
南
south; southern
南 is south, the direction on your right when you face the morning sun.
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
single whole character
Taught as one complete written unit; ZDIC describes the original as a pictograph.
single whole character · 南
south; southern
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Tone 2
- south; southern
- 南方the south
- 南京Nanjing
Tone 1Buddhist liturgical reading (南无)
- used in 南无, a Buddhist word of homage
No common modern word is offered for this reading; the dictionary sense remains in Sources.
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