Today’s first #kanji is #南, which is listed under the radical of 十. Some people draw a 羊 (sheep) inside, but be careful there are only two lines across (more like a yen mark: ￥).
Meaning: south
Reading: ナン、ナ、みなみ
南国（ナンゴク）: a country lying in southern latitudes, the south, the tropics
南蛮（ナンバン）: Southeast Asian countries
南蛮人（ナンバンジン）: Europeans who came to Japan in the Muromachi and Edo periods
南中（ナンチュウ）: southing, culmination
指南（シナン）: instruction, teaching, guidance
南無（ナム）: namu – the beginning word to use when praying to Buddha
南（みなみ）に向（む）かう: to turn south, to go to the south
南側（みなみがわ）: the south side
南半球（みなみハンキュウ）: the southern hemisphere
真南（まみなみ）: due south
<Customary Reading>
南瓜（かぼちゃ）: a pumpkin
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