南半球

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 南半球 is read みなみはんきゅう and means the half of Earth south of the equator.
• Basic usage: It is used when locating continents on a globe or describing a story set on a Southern Hemisphere island.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Compared with 北半球
  • 南半球 is south of the equator, while 北半球(きたはんきゅう) is north of it. Here, 半球 refers to half of Earth.