なん
Meanings
Noun
Historical
Poetical
1. Nara
2. Kongōbu-ji
Kanji used
south
metropolis
Pitch accent
んと
Composed of
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)