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畳

tatami mat
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingジョウ、チョウ
Kun readingたた.む、たたみ、かさ.なる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. tatami matRtK
    彼は畳の上に大の字になった。He lay on the mat at full length.tatoeba
    畳に座っていたので足が痛い。My legs ache from sitting on tatami.tatoeba
  2. counter for tatami mats
    このわらのマット（日本語で畳）は、もはや手で作られない。These straw mats, called "tatami" in Japanese, are no longer made by hand.tatoeba
  3. fold
    彼は書類を折り畳んで時計を見た。He folded his paper, consulting his watch.tatoeba
  4. shut up
  5. do away with
  1. tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · crown (冖) · shelf · my bookshelves

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1923

Compound words

畳むたたむ
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
四畳半よじょうはん
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
一畳いちじょう
one mat
重畳ちょうじょう
being placed one upon another
畳鰯たたみいわし
sheet of dried sardines
畳針たたみばり
tatami needle
三畳紀さんじょうき
Triassic period
上げ畳あげだたみ
tatami mat finished on both sides
畳み皴たたみじわ
crease (from folding)
山岳重畳さんがくちょうじょう
mountains rising one above another
畳みこむたたみこむ
to fold in
畳み込むたたみこむ
to fold in
畳みかけるたたみかける
to give no leeway
畳み掛けるたたみかける
to give no leeway
折り畳み机おりたたみつくえ
folding desk
狸の睾丸八畳敷きたぬきのきんたまはちじょうじき
something spread out widely

Additional Examples

もう畳の上に座るのには慣れました。たたみ
I am already accustomed to sitting on tatami.tatoeba
もう畳の上に座るのには慣れました。
I am already accustomed to sitting on tatami.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 畳

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step