Kanji Reference:Nan

The Kanji

南

Unicode character number - hex 5357/decimal 21335

Stroke Order

1. The top-most horizontal stroke is done, from left to right.
2. The top-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
3. The left-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
4. The horizontal line that's second from the top, the right-most vertical line and the small line at the end of it are done as one stroke, from top-left going clockwise.
5. The small diagonal stroke on the left is done, from top-left to bottom-right.
6. The small diagonal stroke on the right is done, from top-right to bottom-left.
7. The horizontal stroke that's second from the bottom is done, from left to right.
8. The bottom-most horizontal stroke is done, from left to right.
9. The remaining vertical stroke is done, from left to right.

On Readings

nan, na

Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)

minami

Meaning(s)