Character: 南
Modern (Beijing) reading: nán
Preclassic Old Chinese: nǝ̄m
Classic Old Chinese: nǝ̄m
Western Han Chinese: nǝ̄m
Eastern Han Chinese: nǝ̄m
Early Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄m
Late Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄m
Middle Chinese: nʌm
Fanqie: 那含
Rhyme class: 覃
English meaning : South
Russian meaning[s]: 1) юг; южный; повернуться к югу; отправиться на юг; 2) стар. быть правителем, управлять страной; 3) древн. южные мелодии; 4) Нань (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 艸木至南方. 有枝任也. 從??. ??聲.
Comments: Used also for *nǝ̄m 'a k. of song and dance' (Sch.: perhaps same word as 'South'). For *n- cf. Chaozhou, Xiamen lam2, Fuzhou, Jianou naŋ2.
Radical: 24
Four-angle index: 3832
Karlgren code: 0650 a-c
Vietnamese reading: nam
Jianchuan Bai: na7
Dali Bai: na7
Shijing occurrences: 4.1, 9.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 28.3_, 31.1, 32.1_, 32.2
