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

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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).

山(やま) yama mountain 山(やま) 本(もと) yamamoto Yamamoto (surname) 山(やま) 口(ぐち) yamaguchi Yamaguchi (prefecture/surname) 青(あお) 山(やま) aoyama Aoyama (place name) 中(なか) 山(やま) nakayama Nakayama (surname/place name) 山(やま) 下(した) yamashita Yamashita (surname) 小(こ) 山(やま) koyama small hill 村(むら) 山(やま) murayama Murayama

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).

火(か) 山(ざん) kazan volcano 山(さん) 中(ちゅう) sanchuu in the mountains 山(さん) 林(りん) sanrin mountain forest 山(さん) 村(そん) sanson mountain village 山(さん) 間(かん) sankan among the mountains 活(かつ) 火(か) 山(ざん) kakkazan active volcano 登(と) 山(ざん) tozan mountain climbing 富(ふ) 士(じ) 山(さん) fujisan Mount Fuji

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Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

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でる出 exit いわ岩 rock しま島 island りょう両 both きし岸 beach すみ炭 charcoal みつ密 secrecy おか岡 mount さき崎 promontory くずす崩 crumble

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山 — mountain

Meanings

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).

Stroke order

Components

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山 — mountain

Meanings

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).

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (23)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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).