Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: mountain

Kunyomi: やま

Onyomi: サン セン

Radical

Radical:

Reading: やま

Meaning: mountain

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

富士(ふじさん)   Mt Fuji

脈(さんみゃく)   mountain range

(かざん)   volcano

(とざん)   mountain-climbing

(やま)   mountain, pile, climax

(いわやま)   rocky mountain

火事(やまかじ)   bushfire

Onyomi Examples

サン Mt., Mount, Mt., Mount

ヤマカゲ place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess

チサン forest conservation, afforestation

カイサン founding a temple (on a hill-top)

ヤマミチ mountain road, mountain trail

セツザン snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas

須弥 シュミセン Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kunyomi Examples

やま mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild

やまかげ place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess

おくやま remote mountain, mountain recesses

せいざん lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place