楠
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Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 木 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 楠
- Common rank
- #3,337
- Unicode
- U+6960
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Formation & memory
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Words with 楠
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 楠格哈尔省 | Nangarhar province of Afghanistan | |
| 石楠 | Chinese photinia (Photinia serratifolia) | |
| 楠木 | Phoebe zhennan; Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood | |
| 王楠 | Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist | |
| 楠竹 | see 毛竹[mao2 zhu2] | |
| 楠梓区 | Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan | |
| 楠梓 | Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 南 — compare how they read.