also: ひがしみなみ
noun
Refers to the direction southeast, or the southeastern part of a region.
風は東南から吹いている。
The wind is blowing from the southeast.
東南アジアは多様な文化がある。
Southeast Asia has diverse cultures.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading とうなん is the most common.
Alternate reading, rarely used in modern Japanese.
南東 (なんとう) also means southeast, but 東南 (とうなん) is more common in some contexts like 東南アジア (Southeast Asia).
Compound of 東 (east) and 南 (south).