畳 Kanji: Meaning, Readings, Stroke Order

Readings

On readingジョウ、チョウ

Kun readingたた.む、たたみ、かさ.なる

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

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
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
fold
彼は書類を折り畳んで時計を見た。He folded his paper, consulting his watch.tatoeba
shut up
do away with

japanese straw floor coverings

Homonyms

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Same reading (じょう)

Radicals and components

Radical田field

Components

How it's built

畳

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

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

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

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