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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
south
HSK 1
southeast
HSK 2
southwest
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
surname Nan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
used in 南無|南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2]
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
Southern China
Vietnam
region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang / see 江南省 / see 江南區|江南区
Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
southward
Guangnan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
southwestward
ancient Chinese compass
Yinan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
Jinnan suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Minnan (southern Fujian)
Funan, ancient state in Southeast Asia (1st - 6th century)
Ju'nan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
Benin (Tw)
sub-Saharan
Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南, Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006
John Huang (1945-), Democratic Party fundraiser
Beinan or Peinan township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州, Qinghai
to the south of (suffix)
Kim Yong-nam (1928-), North Korean politician, foreign minister 1983-1998, president of the Supreme People's Assembly 1998-2019 (nominal head of state and described as deputy leader)
Inner Mongolia (lit. south of the Gobi Desert)
Suriname
Shangnan County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
Ferdinand (name)
Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家
Luonan County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
Buchanan (surname)
extreme south
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I
Suriname, NE of South America (Tw)
Ferdinand (name)
Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州, Zhejiang
Canaan (in Biblical Palestine)
Poznan (city in Poland)
Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
Zhunan or Chunan town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan


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