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南
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- 南
- nán · south; southern part; southward
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1 · na1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
naa1 · naam4
Cantonese word readings for 南. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- south; southern
character · Etymology 2
- only used in 南無／南无 (nāmó)
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