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山

JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #131

Meanings

Mountain

Radicals

山

Decomposition

⿶凵丨

Etymology

Pictographic: Three mountain peaks

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 3

Stroke Order

1 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

2 corner bottom-left-to-top-right

3 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サン san

セン sen

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

やま yama

Words Using This Kanji

694 words total

Other (20 words)

山仕事やましごと

forestry

山猟やまさつ

mountain hunter

山育ちやまそだち

being raised in the mountains

西山にしやま

western mountains

東山道とうさんどう

Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō)

東山とうさん

eastern mountains

円山派まるやまは

Maruyama school of Japanese painting (Edo-Meiji period)

登山シーズンとざんシーズン

climbing season

山房さんぼう

mountain cottage

山陰道さんいんどう

San'indō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'in region)

山陽道さんようどう

San'yōdō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'yō region)

the Alps

Andes

the Himalayas

Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580)

石山合戦いしやまがっせん

Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580)

Sayama tea

because it's there

volcanic block

volcanologist

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