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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1665 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with

Kunyomi: たた.む, たたみ, かさ.なる

Onyomi: ジョウ, チョウ

Composition: 田 冖 且

畳

Radical

Radical: 田

Reading: た

Meaning: field

Strokes: 5

⽥

Examples

Examples with audio

6畳(ろくじょう)   6 tatami mats

畳む(たたむ)   fold

折り畳み椅子(おりたたみいす)   folding chair

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

Onyomi Examples

畳 (ジョウ) tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

畳韻 (ジョウイン) repeated rhymes (in Chinese poetry), recurring rhymes

重畳 (チョウジョウ) placed one upon another, piled up, excellent, splendid, superimposition, superposition

山岳重畳 (サンガクチョウジョウ) mountains rising one above another

Kunyomi Examples

畳む (たたむ) to fold (clothes, umbrella), to close (a shop, business), to vacate

畳 (たたみ) tatami mat, Japanese straw floor coverings

畳敷き (たたみじき) tatami-matted

柔道畳 (じゅうどうたたみ) judo mat

琉球畳 (りゅうきゅうたたみ) Ryūkyū tatami, sturdy and durable tatami that has a facing weaved from Shichito matgrass

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