noun
The cardinal direction south; also used in compounds and place names.
この部屋の窓は南を向いている。
The window of this room faces south.
南から暖かい風が吹いてきた。
A warm wind blew from the south.
Standard kanji spelling for the cardinal direction south.
The kanji 南 is a pictograph originally depicting a musical instrument, later borrowed phonetically to represent the direction south. The reading みなみ is the native Japanese word for south.