Question

南 みなみ south 5 341 9 24 じゅう・じゅうへん 象形 Pictographic South of my belt leads to happiness.

Accepted Answer

ナン、ナ なみ, は, みな, みまみ 南(みなみ): south南北(なんぼく): south and north南極(なんきょく): (1) South Pole (2) the Antarctic; Antarctica南米(なんべい): South America 2 十: ten冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13)干: dry; parch 十 2 (none) south In the south (Southern Alabama, Southern Africa, picture any south, but choose one and stick with it) "they measure happyness by the belt". If someone has a larger belly (and a longer belt), it is believed they are well fed and thus are happy.

Kanji	南
Onyomi	ナン、ナ
Kunyomi	みなみ
Nanori	なみ, は, みな, みまみ
English	south
Examples	南(みなみ): south 南北(なんぼく): south and north 南極(なんきょく): (1) South Pole (2) the Antarctic; Antarctica 南米(なんべい): South America
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	341
Components	十: ten 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 干: dry; parch
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	十
Radical Number	24
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	じゅう・じゅうへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	south
Koohii Story 1	South of my belt leads to happiness.
Koohii Story 2	In the south (Southern Alabama, Southern Africa, picture any south, but choose one and stick with it) "they measure happyness by the belt". If someone has a larger belly (and a longer belt), it is believed they are well fed and thus are happy.

South 南 ナン、ナ みなみ なみ は みな みまみ

South 南ナン、ナみなみなみはみなみまみ