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南 means south or southern.
In Chinese, this is also a surname that romanizes as Nan.
In Japanese, it can also be the given names Mimi, Minamihama, Minamitate, Minami, Mina, Miumi, Hinata, Nantetsu, or Namuchoru. It can be the Japanese surnames Nanzaki, Nan, Namu, Nami, or Takaminami.
南韓 is the common Chinese name for the country of South Korea.
The official English name being Republic of Korea.
See Also: North Korea | Asia
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
南 see styles |
nán nan2 nan minnami みんなみ |
More info & calligraphy: Nan / South(1) {mahj} south wind tile (chi: nán); (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles; (personal name) Minnami dakṣina, south; translit. nāṃ and as a suffix intp. as meaning plural, several, i.e. more than three. |
赤 see styles |
chì chi4 ch`ih chih sekizaki せきざき |
More info & calligraphy: Scarlet / Red / Crimson(1) red; crimson; scarlet; (2) red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); (3) (colloquialism) Red (i.e. communist); (4) (abbreviation) red light; (5) (abbreviation) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; (adj-no,n-pref) (6) complete; total; perfect; obvious; (7) copper; (surname) Sekizaki kaṣāya 袈沙野, red, hot; south; naked. |
ナン see styles |
nan ナン |
More info & calligraphy: Nunn |
光明 see styles |
guāng míng guang1 ming2 kuang ming kanmyon クァンミョン |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright and Promising Future(1) bright light; (2) hope; bright future; (3) {Buddh} light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion; (place-name) Gwangmyeong (South Korea) v. last entry. |
南美 see styles |
nán měi nan2 mei3 nan mei minami みなみ |
More info & calligraphy: South America(surname, female given name) Minami |
南非 see styles |
nán fēi nan2 fei1 nan fei |
More info & calligraphy: South Africa |
南韓 南韩 see styles |
nán hán nan2 han2 nan han |
More info & calligraphy: South Korea |
印度 see styles |
yìn dù yin4 du4 yin tu indo いんど |
More info & calligraphy: India(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) India; (place-name) India 印特伽; 身毒; 賢豆; 天竺 Indu (meaning 'moon' in Sanskrit), Hindu, Sindhu; see also 信度 and 閻浮 India in general. In the Tang dynasty its territory is described as extending over 90, 000 li in circuit, being bounded on three sides by the sea; north it rested on the Snow mountains 雪山, i. e. Himālayas; wide at the north, narrowing to the south, shaped like a half-moon; it contained over seventy kingdoms, was extremely hot, well watered and damp; from the centre eastwards to 震旦 China was 58, 000 li; and the same distance southwards to 金地國, westwards to 阿拘遮國, and northwards to 小香山阿耨達. |
圖瓦 图瓦 see styles |
tú wǎ tu2 wa3 t`u wa tu wa |
More info & calligraphy: Tuva |
悉尼 see styles |
xī ní xi1 ni2 hsi ni |
More info & calligraphy: Sydney |
法門 法门 see styles |
fǎ mén fa3 men2 fa men houmon / homon ほうもん |
More info & calligraphy: Dharma Gate{Buddh} Buddhist law; Buddhist teaching dharmaparyāya. The doctrines, or wisdom of Buddha regarded as the door to enlightenment. A method. Any sect. As the living have 84,000 delusions, so the Buddha provides 84,000 methods法門of dealing with them. Hence the法門海 ocean of Buddha's methods. |
湯加 汤加 see styles |
tāng jiā tang1 jia1 t`ang chia tang chia yuka ゆか |
More info & calligraphy: Tonga(female given name) Yuka |
皮爾 皮尔 see styles |
pí ěr pi2 er3 p`i erh pi erh |
More info & calligraphy: Peer |
祖馬 祖马 see styles |
zǔ mǎ zu3 ma3 tsu ma |
More info & calligraphy: Zuma |
韓国 see styles |
kankoku かんこく |
More info & calligraphy: South Korea |
韓國 韩国 see styles |
hán guó han2 guo2 han kuo kankoku かんこく |
More info & calligraphy: South Korea(personal name) Kankoku |
ソウル see styles |
souru / soru ソウル |
More info & calligraphy: Soule |
ドラド see styles |
dorado ドラド |
More info & calligraphy: Dorado |
ハロー see styles |
paroo パロー |
More info & calligraphy: Hello |
ヘレナ see styles |
berena ベレナ |
More info & calligraphy: Helena |
ロース see styles |
roozu ローズ |
rose; (place-name) Rhodes (South Africa); (female given name) Ro-zu; Lawes; Laws; Lose; Lowes; Rhoads; Roz |
哥倫比亞 哥伦比亚 see styles |
gē lún bǐ yà ge1 lun2 bi3 ya4 ko lun pi ya |
More info & calligraphy: Colombia |
阿德萊德 阿德莱德 see styles |
ā dé lái dé a1 de2 lai2 de2 a te lai te |
More info & calligraphy: Adelaide |
エリオット see styles |
eriotto エリオット |
More info & calligraphy: Elliott |
南アフリカ see styles |
minamiafurika みなみアフリカ |
More info & calligraphy: South Africa |
南アメリカ see styles |
minamiamerika みなみアメリカ |
More info & calligraphy: South America |
丙 see styles |
bǐng bing3 ping minezaki みねざき |
third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl (1) (へい only) (See 甲乙丙丁) third rank; third class; third person (in a contract, etc.); (2) (esp. ひのえ) third sign of the Chinese calendar; (personal name) Minezaki Fire, heat, south; the third of the ten stems. |
佤 see styles |
wǎ wa3 wa |
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia |
午 see styles |
wǔ wu3 wu kogoe こごえ |
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) (1) the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 午の刻) hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); (3) (obsolete) south; (4) (obsolete) fifth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Kogoe Noon. |
呉 see styles |
wú wu2 wu gou / go ごう |
Japanese variant of 吳|吴[Wu2] (1) Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); (2) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; (3) (hist) (See 三国・2) Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Sun Wu; (4) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE); (surname) Gou Wu |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Nan South | 南 | minami / nan | nán / nan2 / nan | |
| South Africa | 南アフリカ | minami a fu ri ka minamiafurika | ||
| South Korea | 韓國 韓国 | kan koku / kankoku | ||
| South Africa | 南非 | nán fēi / nan2 fei1 / nan fei / nanfei | ||
| South America | 南美 | nán měi / nan2 mei3 / nan mei / nanmei | ||
| South America | 南アメリカ | minamiamerika | ||
| South Korea | 南韓 南韩 | nán hán / nan2 han2 / nan han / nanhan | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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