漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
畳: tatami mat, counter for tatami mats
Also: fold, shut up, do away with
JLPT N212 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
田 carries the meaning · 冖 and 且 are drawn in
12 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 6畳ろくじょう6 tatami mats
たたむtatamu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 畳むたたむfold
- 折り畳み椅子おりたたみいすfolding chair
たたみtatami · kun'yomi
- 畳たたみtatami, reed floor matting
- 畳屋たたみやtatami mat maker, mat dealer
- 畳替えたたみがえre-covering a tatami mat
- 青畳あおだたみnew tatami mat
Also read チョウ, かさなる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
畾 + 宜
A pile.
Source: Wiktionary, 疊 (rev. 93934903), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Rice field (田) + top/lid + clothes/fur. Originally related to piling up or "folding" items in the fields, now representing the traditional straw "tatami" mats that measure the size of a room.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
且
Also built on moreover (且)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side畳 tatami mat · 田 + 冖 + 且
vs富 wealth · 宀 + 畐In ChineseSimplified 叠 · traditional 疊 · dié
Three different forms: Japanese 畳, simplified 叠, traditional 疊.
- Simplified
- 叠 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 疊 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dié most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
One click tells us. No sign-up.