The kanji 畳: meaning, readings and stroke order
畳
- Meaning
- tatami mat, fold
- On reading
- ジョウ jou
- Kun reading
- たた(む) tatamu、たたみ tatami
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 田 field
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 疊
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chiếu tatami, gấp (điệp)
- Japanese
- たたみ。たたむ。
- Korean
- 다다미, 개다 (첩)
- Chinese
- 榻榻米、叠 (叠)
Readings, words and example sentences
ジョウ jou · on reading · less common
六畳
six-mat room (room size)
六畳の 部屋を かります。
I rent a room the size of six tatami mats.
たた(む) tatamu · kun reading
畳む
to fold
服を きれいに 畳みます。
I fold my clothes neatly.
たたみ tatami · kun reading
畳
tatami mat
畳の 上に すわります。
I sit on the tatami.
Practise writing 畳 in the app
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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.