南 nán▶ selatan

Stroke order

南 is written in 9 strokes.

• 南

Example sentences

• 我家在城市的南边。Wǒ jiā zài chéngshì de nánbian.My home is on the south side of the city.
• 冬天鸟往南飞。Dōngtiān niǎo wǎng nán fēi.Birds fly south in winter.

Related words

• 指南针Kompas
• 南辕北辙tidak punya kesamaan

南 is pronounced nán and means “selatan”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 南 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.