字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE合5431
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Nature & Elements
山
山 mountain
やま yama
3 strokesRadical of 20 kanjiPart of 29
Your ink in 山0% painted · 0 of 20 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Three mountain peaks. In the Oracle Bone Script, they were represented by triangles rather than vertical strokes.
Source: Wiktionary, 山 (rev. 93648109), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall and look at the horizon! Three peaks reach for the clouds in perfect harmony. This character is the bedrock of geography, representing strength, height, and the enduring nature of the earth that outlasts human life.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates mountains, rocks, height, or wild, natural places far from the city
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 山, with sourced origins
- 島islandトウ · しま
鳥sound + 山
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 崎promontoryキ · さき
山 + 奇sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 嵐stormラン · あらし
山 + 葻sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 山 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 20 kanji