南 South

Radical Combination

• 南

  South

Meaning

Primary

South

Mnemonic

You've seen this as a radical before, and the kanji means the same thing — south!

Hints

If you keep up with your radicals, your kanji studies will never go south. Haha! Go south! Get it? I said g—

Readings

On’yomi

なん

Kun’yomi

みなみ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Think about the south. What's down there? Mean Amy (みなみ) lives down there. Think of the last mean thing she did to you and imagine it while yelling out "MEAN AMYYYYY" at the sky.

Hints

Picture Mean Amy down in the south, saying mean things in her American southern accent: "Y'all don't come back now, ya hear?" Man, Mean Amy is so mean. And southern.