Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mountain
Kun:
やま
On:
サンセン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
  • 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
  • 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
  • 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
  • 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
  • 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
  • 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kun reading compounds

  • 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
  • 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 やの、 やん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • montaña

Portuguese

  • montanha

French

  • montagne
38 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
24 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
60 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
21 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
89 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
34 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
535 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3658 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
775 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7869 Morohashi
2940 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 New Nelson (John Haig)
768 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
148 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
17 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-2 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-27-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c71 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
Kun:
ふだ
On:
サツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
921 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 札 【サツ】 banknote, bill, note, paper money
  • 札束 【サツタバ】 bundle of banknotes, stack of bills, large sum of money
  • 落札 【ラクサツ】 successful bid, winning a tender
  • 応札 【オウサツ】 making a bid, tendering a bid

Kun reading compounds

  • 札 【ふだ】 ticket, token, check, receipt, label, tag, sign, card, plate, playing card, charm, talisman, slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims
  • 札所 【ふだしょ】 temple which issues amulets
  • 立て札 【たてふだ】 sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.), public notice, bulletin board, notice board
  • 合札 【あいふだ】 check (e.g. baggage claim), tag, token, tally, score

Readings

Japanese names:
さっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zha2
Korean:
chal

Spanish

  • etiqueta
  • papel moneda
  • billete
  • tarjeta señal

Portuguese

  • etiqueta
  • dinheiro de papel
  • número de contratos
  • letreiro
  • oferta

French

  • étiquette
  • billet de banque
  • compteur d'obligations
  • affiche
  • offre
513 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1304 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
811 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1536 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
617 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1157 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1212 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
984 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1067 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1011 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
546 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
723 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
216 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14422 Morohashi
817 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2533 New Nelson (John Haig)
212 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
225 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
449 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1856 2001 Kanji
4a1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-1 SKIP code
4291.0 Four corner code
1-27-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
672d Unicode hex code