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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
  2. counter for tatami mats
  3. fold
  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

Radical田fieldComponents

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

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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