남쪽
namjjok · TOPIK 1
south
🧭 남 (南, south) + 쪽 (side, direction) = the south side
남 is the Sino-Korean reading of 南, the same character as Chinese nán and Japanese nan/minami. 쪽 is a native Korean word for side or direction, so all four compass words share it: 동쪽, 서쪽, 남쪽, 북쪽.