畳
畳 — Tatami mat
tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiたたむ (tatamu)
Kun’yomiたたみ (tatami)
Kun’yomiかさなる (kasanaru)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 畳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 畳 | たたみ tatami | tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings |
| 四畳半 | よじょうはん yojouhan | four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations |
| 畳 | じょう jou | tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm) |
| 畳む | たたむ tatamu | to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate |
| 石畳 | いしだたみ ishidatami | stone paving; cobble paving; sett |
| 畳敷き | たたみじき tatamijiki | tatami-matted |
Study notes
畳 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1665 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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