楠

Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,337 U+6960

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “tree”) + 南 (phonetic, nán)

components: 木南

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 南

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 南 (nán) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
南 sound component	nán	south; southern; southward
献	xiàn	to offer, to present; to show, to display
喃	nán	to chatter, to keep talking; to mumble
腩	nǎn	brisket, ribs; belly meat
罱	lǎn	fishing net
蝻	nǎn	immature locust

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
楠格哈尔省	Nán gé hā ěr shěng	Nangarhar province of Afghanistan
石楠	shí nán	Chinese photinia (Photinia serratifolia)
楠木	nán mù	Phoebe zhennan; Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
王楠	Wáng Nán	Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
楠竹	nán zhú	see 毛竹[mao2 zhu2]
楠梓区	Nán zǐ qū	Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan
楠梓	Nán zǐ	Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan