畳 — kanji meaning “tatami mat”
畳
tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
- Meanings
- tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
- On'yomi
- ジョウ (jou)、チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- たた.む、たたみ、かさ.なる
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1665 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 102
- Chinese reading
- dié
Words with 畳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四畳半 | よじょうはん yojouhan | four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room |
| 石畳 | いしだたみ ishidatami | stone paving; cobble paving; sett |
| 畳む | たたむ tatamu | to fold (clothes, umbrella) |
| 畳み込み | たたみこみ tatamikomi | convolution |
| 千畳敷 | せんじょうじき senjoujiki | very spacious hall; grand space; thousand-tatami area |
| 重畳 | ちょうじょう choujou | being placed one upon another; piling up; being atop another |
| 畳表 | たたみおもて tatamiomote | facing of a tatami mat |
| 畳屋 | たたみや tatamiya | matmaker; mat dealer |
| 半畳 | はんじょう hanjou | half tatami mat |
| 畳み込む | たたみこむ tatamikomu | to fold in; to fold up; to fold (something) up and put it in (a closet, etc.) |
| 畳敷き | たたみじき tatamijiki | tatami-matted |
| 一畳 | いちじょう ichijou | one mat |
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