These are "Kanji that symbolize Direction" of Japanese element symbols.
Japanese element symbols that symbolize "North, south, east, and west".「東西南北」( "North, south, east, and west")...These four characters are often included in a Japanese family name.As for a Japanese family name, many were made from the name of a place and the direction.
Therefore, the character that shows the direction is considerably included in a Japanese present family name.
I was enumerating some Japanese family names after the example word of each character.
By the way, there are 150,000 kinds of a Japanese family name.270 kinds of family names are used with South Korea and North Korea.
And, about 4000 kinds of family names are used in China.
In the kind of the family name used though all these of four countries are countries of the Orient, there is greatly a difference.
Kanji symbols that symbolize north, south, east, and west.
North, south, east, and west.pdf
.Moreover, each word has "onyomi" and "kunyomi".
Please refer to the word enumerated in the example.
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- The pronunciation in parentheses is "Okuri-gana".
1 North
hoku
kita

| English | Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|---|
| The north | 北 | kita |
| go north | 北上 | hoku-jo |
| Japanese place-name "Hokkaido" | 北海道 | hokkaido |
| The orth Pole | 北極 | hokkyoku |
| North latitude | 北緯 | hoku-i |
| Northern district | 北国 | kita-guni |
<Japanese family name including "North">
| Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|
| 北 | kita |
| 北岡 | kita-oka |
| 北川 | kita-gawa |
| 北島 | kita-jima |
| 北村 | kita-mura |
| 北原 | kita-hara |
| 北城 | kita-shiro |
| It is a lot of the other. |
By the way, my family name is "原[=Hara]".
The meaning is "Field".
There is a family name of "原[=Hara]" in Japan.
The alphabet in a parenthesis is the pronunciation in Japanese.
2 South
nan,na
minami
| English | Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|---|
| The south | 南 | minami |
| The South Pole | 南極 | nan-kyoku |
| The Southern country | 南国 | nan-goku |
| Southern sea | 南海 | nan-kai |
| The southwest | 南西部 | nan-sei-bu |
| South wind | 南風 | minami-kaze |
<Japanese family name including "South">
| Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|
| 阿南 | a-nan |
| 南条 | nan-jo |
| 南波 | nan-ba |
| 南原 | nan-bara, minami-hara |
| 南野 | minami-no |
| 南 | minami |
| It is a lot of the other. |
3 East
to
higashi

En. |
Ja. |
Pron. |
|---|---|---|
| The east | 東 | higashi |
| Tokyo | 東京 | tokyo |
| East northeast | 東北東 | to-nan-to |
| Oriental | 東洋人 | to-yo-jin |
| East side | 東側 | higashi-gawa |
| The east United States | 東アメリカ | higashi-amerika |
| East Japan | 東日本 | higashi-nihon |
<Japanese family name including "East">
| Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|
| 東野 | higashi-no |
| 東山 | higashi-yama |
| 東尾 | higashi-o |
| 東小野 | higashi-ono |
| 東崎 | higashi-zaki |
| 東坂 | higashi-zaka |
| It is a lot of the other. |
4 West
sei, sai
nishi

English |
Japanese |
Pron. |
|---|---|---|
| The west | 西 | nishi |
| Afternoon sun | 西日 | nishi-bi |
| West side | 西側 | nishi-gawa |
| The west wind | 西風 | nishi-kaze |
| The Atlantic Ocean | 大西洋 | tai-sei-yo |
| The northwest | 北西 | hoku-sei |
| Kansai area people in Japan | 関西人 | kansai-jin |
<Japanese family name including "West">
| Japanese | Pron. |
|---|---|
| 西条 | sai-jo |
| 西賀 | sai-ga |
| 西園寺 | sai-on-ji |
| 西郷 | sai-go |
| 西塚 | nishi-zuka |
| 西村 | nishi-mura |
| 西原 | nishi-hara |
| It is a lot of the other. |
Japanese element symbols that symbolize "North, south, east, and west".
"North, south, east, and west". In Japanese and English, order is different !
In English, "North, south, east, and west".
In Japanese, "East, west, south, and north".
" 東西南北 [=To zai nan boku] "
There is such an expression that uses this word.
It is pronounced in Japanese in this way.
" 東西南北津々浦 [=To zai nan boku tuzu uraura]"
The alphabet in a parenthesis is the pronunciation in Japanese.
This is used in a meaning at "the various places of a wide range".
But, if the foreigner uses it because it is a considerably classic expression, you will be respected by the Japanese!
Kanji symbols of "touzai nannboku tsuzu uraura"
To-zai-nan-boku-tsuzu-ura-ura.pdf

Let's practice writing the Japanese Kanji symbols.
The practice notebook of Japanese Kanji.
Sample of notebook of practice of stroke order of Kanji symbols that symbolize the direction.
Please trace on Kanji in numerical order.
Practice notebook of "The Kanji that symbolize direction"
North-south-east-and-west of Kanji symbols.pdf

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