楠 = 木 + 南

楠 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “name of tree”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 南 (south).

Keyword: name of tree
Pinyin (Mandarin): nán
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: name of tree, machilus nanmu, оригинальное название: machilus nanmu, machilus nanmu
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 楠 camphor tree

Decomposition

ids

木 tree
南 south

How to find 楠 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “south”. 楠 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 楠 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.