山 — mountain
やま
山
mountain
Grade 1
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
3 strokes
nature
U+5C71
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #131
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #768
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #46
Meanings
- mountain
word
やま yama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
さん ・ざん san On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Appears in idioms
山を当てる
慣用句
to hit the mountain on the mark
山をかける
慣用句
to bet everything on a mountain
山と言えば川
慣用句
say mountain and one counters with river
海のものとも山のものともつかない
慣用句
cannot grasp whether sea thing or mountain thing
海の物とも山の物とも判らない
慣用句
cannot tell if sea thing or mountain thing
後は野となれ山となれ
諺
let what follows become field or mountain
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.