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南

南 U+5357, 南
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5357
← 卖
[U+5356] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 単 →
[U+5358]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

南 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十月廿十 (JBTJ), four-corner 40227, composition ⿱十⿵冂𢆉)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 157, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2750
  • Dae Jaweon: page 357, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 65, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5357

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 南
2nd round simp. ⿱十冂
 
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Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 南
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script
               
Characters in the same phonetic series (南) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
南 *nuːm
楠 *nuːm
腩 *nuːmʔ
湳 *nuːmʔ
揇 *nuːmʔ
萳 *nuːmʔ
罱 *ruːmʔ
喃 *rnuːm
諵 *rnuːm, *rnuːms

This character has been explained as a pictogram (象形) of a hanging percussion instrument, originally identical to the left side of 㱿. Under this hypothesis its borrowing for the word “south” is difficult to explain.

Sagart (1988) instead proposes that it is a pictogram of the front of a house. Archaeological evidence confirms that in antiquity, at least in some regions, houses were built to face south.

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-nam (“sky, sun”) (STEDT; Schuessler (2007); Benedict (1972)); the south is traditionally associated with the sun & light, compare 陽 (OC *laŋ, “light, sun-lit south-side of a hill”).

If so, cognate with Tibetan གནམ (gnam, “sky”), ནམ (nam, “night”), Tshangla ngam (“sun, noon, day, sky”), Chepang न्‍याम्‌ (nyam, “sun, sunlight, storm-cloud, weather”).

Alternatively, Sagart (2004) relates this word to Old Chinese *nɨm (revised to *nˤ[ə]m in 2014) "belly, front of the body", further "south" to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam (“rib(s)”), as one term for one body-part often shifts its meaning to another body-part nearby.

If so, 南 is cognate with 妊 (OC *njɯms, “to carry inside one's belly → to be pregnant”), 任 (OC *njɯm, *njɯms, “to carry a burden, especially in front of the body”), also 腩 (OC *nuːmʔ, “belly (of an ox)”), Southern Pumi nõ⁵⁵, Burmese နံရိုး (nam-rui:, “side of the body, rib”), and thus is a semantic counterpart to 北 (OC *pɯːɡ, “north”), which is related to 背 (OC *pɯːɡs, *bɯːɡs, “back of the body”).

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • lam5 - Chaozhou, Raoping;
  • nam5 - Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang;
  • nang5 - Chenghai.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 南
    Mandarin Beijing /nan³⁵/
    Harbin /nan²⁴/
    Tianjin /nan⁴⁵/
    Jinan /nã⁴²/
    Qingdao /nã⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /nan⁴²/
    Xi'an /nã²⁴/
    Xining /nã²⁴/
    Yinchuan /nan⁵³/
    Lanzhou /lɛ̃n⁵³/
    Ürümqi /nan⁵¹/
    Wuhan /nan²¹³/
    Chengdu /nan³¹/
    Guiyang /nan²¹/
    Kunming /nã̠³¹/
    Nanjing /laŋ²⁴/
    Hefei /læ̃⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /næ̃¹¹/
    Pingyao /nɑŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /næ̃³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /nø²³/
    Suzhou /nø¹³/
    Hangzhou /nẽ̞²¹³/
    Wenzhou /nø³¹/
    Hui Shexian /lɛ⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /lɔ⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /lan¹³/
    Xiangtan /nan¹²/
    Gan Nanchang /lan⁴⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /nam¹¹/
    Taoyuan /nɑm¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /nam²¹/
    Nanning /nam²¹/
    Hong Kong /nam²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /lam³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /naŋ⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /naŋ³³/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /nam⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /nam³¹/
    Rime
    Character 南
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
    Final (韻) 覃 (159)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 那含切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/nʌm/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/nəm/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/nɒm/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/nəm/
    Li
    Rong         		/nᴀm/
    Wang
    Li         		/nɒm/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/năm/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		nán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		naam4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 南
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		nán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ nom ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*nˁ[ə]m/
    English south

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 南
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9355
    Phonetic
    component         		南
    Rime
    group         		侵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		南
    Old
    Chinese         		/*nuːm/

    DefinitionsEdit

    南

    1. south; southern

    Coordinate termsEdit

    西北 (xīběi) 北 東北／东北 (dōngběi)
    西 (xī)   東／东 (dōng)
    西南 (xīnán) 南 東南／东南 (dōngnán)


    DescendantsEdit

    Sino-Xenic (南):
    • → Japanese: 南(なん) (nan)
    • → Okinawan: 南 (なん) (nan)
    • → Korean: 남(南) (nam)
    • → Vietnamese: nam (南)

    Others:

    • → Japanese: 南(ナン) (nan, “south wind (mahjong tile)”)

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms

    Etymology 2Edit

    PronunciationEdit

    DefinitionsEdit

    南

    1. Only used in 南無／南无 (nāmó).

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    南

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    Etymology 1Edit

    Kanji in this term
    南
    みなみ
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi
     
    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja
     
    English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia

    ⟨mi1nami1⟩ → */mʲinamʲɨ/ → /minami/

    From Old Japanese.

    PronunciationEdit

    (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)

    NounEdit

    南(みなみ) • (minami) 

    1. the south (cardinal point)
      • c. 762, Shōsōin Man'yōgana Monjo[3]
        和可夜之奈比乃可波利爾波(わがやしなひのかはりには)、於保末之末須(おほまします)、美奈美(みなみ)乃末知奈流(のまちなる)奴(やつこ)乎宇氣與止(をうけよと)... [Man'yōgana]
        我(わ)が養(やしな)ひの代(かは)りには、おほ坐(ま)します、南(みなみ)の街(まち)なる奴(やつこ)を受(う)けよと... [Modern spelling]
        waga yashinai no kawari ni wa, ōmashimasu, minami no machi naru yatsuko o ukeyo to...
        (please add an English translation of this example)
      Antonym: 北 (kita)
    2. a southerly, south wind
      Synonym: 南風 (minamikaze, hae)
      Antonym: 北 (kita)
    Coordinate termsEdit
    西北(せいほく) (seihoku)
    北西(ほくせい) (hokusei)     		北(きた) (kita) 東北(とうほく) (tōhoku)
    北東(ほくとう) (hokutō)
    西(にし) (nishi)   東(ひがし) (higashi)
    西南(せいなん) (seinan)
    南西(なんせい) (nansei)     		南(みなみ) (minami) 東南(とうなん) (tōnan)
    南東(なんとう) (nantō)


    Derived termsEdit
    Derived terms

    Proper nounEdit

    南(みなみ) • (Minami) 

    1. (historical) the red-light district in modern-day Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo (as it was located south of Edo Castle)
    2. the name of a ward in various cities throughout Japan, especially a former ward in the city of Osaka which is now part of Chūō Ward
    3. a female given name
    4. a surname

    VerbEdit

    南(みなみ)する • (minami suru) suru (stem 南(みなみ)し (minami shi), past 南(みなみ)した (minami shita))

    1. (archaic) to go south
      • 1789, Seikashū (haikai by Takai Kitō)
        紅楓(もみぢ)深(ふか)し、みなみし西(にし)す、水(みづ)の隅(すみ)
        momiji fukashi, minami shi nishi su, mizu no sumi
        (please add an English translation of this example)
    ConjugationEdit
    Conjugation of "南する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
    Stem forms
    Imperfective (未然形) 南し みなみし minami shi
    Continuative (連用形) 南し みなみし minami shi
    Terminal (終止形) 南する みなみする minami suru
    Attributive (連体形) 南する みなみする minami suru
    Hypothetical (仮定形) 南すれ みなみすれ minami sure
    Imperative (命令形) 南せよ¹
    南しろ²         		みなみせよ¹
    みなみしろ²         		minami seyo¹
    minami shiro²
    Key constructions
    Passive 南される みなみされる minami sareru
    Causative 南させる
    南さす         		みなみさせる
    みなみさす         		minami saseru
    minami sasu
    Potential 南できる みなみできる minami dekiru
    Volitional 南しよう みなみしよう minami shiyō
    Negative 南しない みなみしない minami shinai
    Negative continuative 南せず みなみせず minami sezu
    Formal 南します みなみします minami shimasu
    Perfective 南した みなみした minami shita
    Conjunctive 南して みなみして minami shite
    Hypothetical conditional 南すれば みなみすれば minami sureba
    ¹ Written imperative

    ² Spoken imperative

    Classical conjugation of "南す" (サ行変格活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
    Stem forms
    Irrealis (未然形) 南せ みなみせ minamise
    Continuative (連用形) 南し みなみし minamisi
    Terminal (終止形) 南す みなみす minamisu
    Attributive (連体形) 南する みなみする minamisuru
    Realis (已然形) 南すれ みなみすれ minamisure
    Imperative (命令形) 南せよ みなみせよ minamiseyo
    Key constructions
    Negative 南せず みなみせず minamisezu
    Contrasting conjunction 南すれど みなみすれど minamisuredo
    Causal conjunction 南すれば みなみすれば minamisureba
    Conditional conjunction 南せば みなみせば minamiseba
    Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 南しき みなみしき minamisiki
    Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 南しけり みなみしけり minamisikeri
    Perfect tense (conscious action) 南しつ みなみしつ minamisitu
    Perfect tense (natural event) 南しぬ みなみしぬ minamisinu
    Perfect-continuative tense 南せり
    南したり    		 みなみせり
    みなみしたり    		 minamiseri
    minamisitari
    Volitional 南せむ みなみせむ minamisemu

    Etymology 2Edit

    Kanji in this term
    南
    みんなみ
    Grade: 2
    irregular

    /minami/ → /minːami/

    Appears in The Pillow Book, completed in 1002.

    Alteration of minami.[1]

    PronunciationEdit

    • (Irregular reading)

    NounEdit

    南(みんなみ) • (minnami) 

    1. (archaic) the south

    Proper nounEdit

    南(みんなみ) • (Minnami) 

    1. (historical, archaic) the red-light district in modern-day Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo

    Etymology 3Edit

    Kanji in this term
    南
    なん
    Grade: 2
    goon

    /namʉ/ → /naɴ/

    From Middle Chinese 南 (MC nʌm).

    NounEdit

    南(なん) • (nan) 

    1. the south
      Synonym: 南方 (nanpō)
    2. Short for 南鐐 (nanryō): beautiful silver; a type of silver coin in the Edo period
    Derived termsEdit

    AffixEdit

    南(なん) • (nan) 

    1. south, southern
    2. Used in Sanskrit transliterations
    Derived termsEdit
    Derived terms

    Proper nounEdit

    南(なん) • (Nan) 

    1. a female given name
    2. a surname

    Etymology 4Edit

    Kanji in this term
    南
    なん
    Grade: 2
    irregular

    From Mandarin 南 (nán).

    NounEdit

    南(ナン) • (nan) 

    1. (mahjong) south wind (mahjong tile)
      Hypernym: 風牌 (kazehai, fanpai)
    2. (mahjong) a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) with a triplet or quad of south wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2 翻 (han, “doubles”)
      Hypernym: 役牌 (yakuhai, yaku-pai)
    Coordinate termsEdit

    Etymology 5Edit

    Kanji in this term
    南
    みなん
    Grade: 2
    irregular

    Shift from standard Japanese minami, dropping the final vowel and keeping the nasal.

    • /minami/ → /minaɴ/

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    南(みなん) • (minan) 

    1. (dialect, Kagoshima) south (cardinal point)

    ReferencesEdit

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    3. ^ Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.

    KoreanEdit

    Etymology 1Edit

    From Middle Chinese 南 (MC nʌm).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 남 (Yale: nàm)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 앏 (Yale: àlp) 남 (Yale: nàm)
    Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576 남녁 (Yale: namnyek)
    앏 (Yale: alp)    		 남 (Yale: nam)

    PronunciationEdit

    HanjaEdit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    南 (eumhun 남녘 남 (namnyeok nam))

    1. Hanja form? of 남 (“south; southern”).

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    Etymology 2Edit

    PronunciationEdit

    HanjaEdit

    南 (eumhun 나무 나 (namu na))

    1. Hanja form? of 나 (“Only used in 나무 (南無, namu)”).

    ReferencesEdit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

    OkinawanEdit

    Alternative formsEdit

    Kanji in this term
    南
    ふぇー
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi

    KanjiEdit

    南

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    Cognate to Yonaguni 南 (hai, “south, southerly”) and western Japanese 南風 (hae, “southerly winds”).

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    南 (hiragana ふぇー, rōmaji fē)

    1. the south (cardinal point)
    2. a southerly (wind blowing from the south)

    Derived termsEdit

    ReferencesEdit

    Old JapaneseEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Compound of み (mi1, uncertain, possibly “sea” or “water”) +‎ な (na, apophonic form of attributive particle の (no2)) +‎ 見 (mi1, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 見る (mi1ru), “to look, see”)?”

    NounEdit

    南 (mi1nami1) (kana みなみ)

    1. the south (cardinal point)
    2. a southerly (wind blowing from the south)
      • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4106), text here
        ...南吹雪消益而射水河流水沫能余留弊奈美...
        ...mi1nami1 puki1 yuki1ke2 *masarite Imi1du-gapa nagaru mi1nawa no2 yo2ru pe1 nami1...
        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

    Usage notesEdit

    Also used in the Man'yōshū (759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨na⟩ and 借訓 (shakkun) kana for ⟨namu⟩.

    DescendantsEdit

    • Japanese: 南 (minami)

    TàyEdit

    NounEdit

    南 (nam)

    1. Nôm form of nam (“south”).

    ReferencesEdit

    • Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    南: Hán Nôm readings: nam

    AdjectiveEdit

    南 • (nam)

    1. south, southern

    ReferencesEdit

    YonaguniEdit

    KanjiEdit

    南

    ReadingsEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    Cognate to Okinawan 南 (fē, “south, southerly”) and western Japanese 南風 (hae, “southerly winds”).

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    南 (hiragana はい, romaji hai)

    1. the south (cardinal point)
    2. a southerly (wind blowing from the south)

    ReferencesEdit

    ZhuangEdit

    Proper nounEdit

    南

    1. Sawndip form of namz
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