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nán

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nán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nán | nan2
English translation
Machilus nanmu

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About nán

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

nán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of nán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木南

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Nán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Nán represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with nán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
nán Machilus nanmu nán
王楠 Wáng Nán Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist王楠 Wáng Nán
楠木 nán mù Phoebe zhennan楠木 nán mù
楠竹 nán zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc楠竹 nán zhú
楠格哈尔省 Nán gé hā ěr shěng Nangarhar province of Afghanistan楠格哈爾省
楠梓区 Nán zǐ qū Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市 Gāo xióng shì [Gāo​xióng​shì], south Taiwan楠梓區

nán Decomposition & Compounds

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