畳 – tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1665 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 畳 means tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ、チョウ (jou, chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たた.む、たたみ、かさ.なる (tatamu, tatami, kasanaru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 田 (no. 102).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 田 (Kangxi radical 102). Components: 一・田・冖.

Words using 畳

畳たたみtatami mat畳むたたむto fold (clothes, umbrella)畳じょうtatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

Example sentences

彼は畳の上に大の字になった。

He lay on the mat at full length.

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Kanji with the same radical

田界画男町由番申異留略甲畑畜

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