南蛮

なんばん nanban

Southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

Korean twin · weak cognate

남만

nam-man

  1. 南なんnan남nam
  2. 蛮ばんban만man

Japanese readingKorean reading of the same character

Same hanja, but the Korean word is rare, dated or used differently. Use it as a memory hook, not a translation.

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