The kanji 山: meaning, readings and stroke order

山

Meaning: mountain
On reading: サン san
Kun reading: やま yama
Strokes: 3
Radical: 山 mountain
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: núi (sơn)
Japanese: やま。
Korean: 산
Chinese: 山

Readings, words and example sentences

サン san · on reading

火か山ざん
volcano
あの山は 火か山ざんです。
That mountain is a volcano.

やま yama · kun reading

山やま
mountain
日よう日に 山やまへのぼりました。
I climbed a mountain on Sunday.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.