南

nán

south

surname Nan

a picture of 南 → a hanging bell, borrowed to mean south

The character originally depicted a hanging bronze bell, a southern instrument associated with warm, ceremonial cultures. Over time the meaning shifted to 'south', its current use being phonetic borrowing rather than pictographic.

十+冂+丷+干→南

请问,火车站在城市的南边吗?

qǐng wèn, huǒ chē zhàn zài chéng shì de nán biān ma?

Excuse me, is the train station on the south side of the city?

从这里一直往南走,就能到那个小镇。

cóng zhè lǐ yī zhí wǎng nán zǒu, jiù néng dào nà gè xiǎo zhèn。

Walk straight south from here and you will reach that small town.

Words with 南

南丹

nán dān

see 南丹縣|南丹县[Nan2 dan1 Xian4]

思南

sī nán

see 思南縣|思南县[Si1 nan2 Xian4]

湄南河

méi nán hé

Chao Phraya River (aka Menam), the main river of Thailand

新南威尔士

xīn nán wēi ěr shì

New South Wales, southeast Australian state

南瓜

nán guā

pumpkin

华南虎

huá nán hǔ

South China Tiger

汝南县

rǔ nán xiàn

Runan, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan

淮南子

huái nán zi

miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)

中南部

zhōng nán bù

south central region

南召

nán zhào

see 南召縣|南召县[Nan2 zhao4 Xian4]

南极

nán jí

south pole

南召县

nán zhào xiàn

Nanzhao, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan

More characters with 十

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