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畳 — 12 strokes / Radical「田」

道
4Junior high level / 12 strokes / Radical「田」
On
ジョウ・チョウじょう・ちょう · jō · chō
Kun
たた.む・たたみ・かさ.なるtata.mu · tatami · kasa.naru
Meaning
tatami mat; fold

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From layers piled up: to fold, and the tatami mat of a Japanese room.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジョウじょうjō畳語じょうご重畳ちょうじょう
Kunたたむtatamu畳むたたむ折り畳みおりたたみ
Kunたたみtatami畳たたみ畳表たたみおもて青畳あおだたみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 畳語じょうご

    reduplicated word

  • 六畳ろくじょう

    six-mat room

More words with this kanji

  • 石畳いしだたみ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

六(ろく)畳(じょう)の部屋(へや)に机(つくえ)を置(お)いた。

I put a desk in the six-mat room.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

六畳畳語畳六six語word由reason田rice…甲armour申say町town丈length娘daught…跳leap徴sign澄clear
CompoundRadicalReading

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