楠 nán name of tree Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 南 represents the sound. Simplified form of 枏. Components 木 木 Meaning component mù tree 南 南 Sound component nán south Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangnuːm Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang