| 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) |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1350 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頂点 【チョウテン】 vertex, apex, top (e.g. of a mountain), summit, peak, top (of a profession, field, etc.), summit, peak (of popularity, a boom, etc.), height (e.g. of prosperity), apex, zenith, climax
- 頂上 【チョウジョウ】 top, summit, peak
- 頭頂 【トウチョウ】 top of the head, vertex, parietal
- 茎頂 【ケイチョウ】 tip of a stem (of a plant)
Kun reading compounds
- 頂く 【いただく】 to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy, to eat, to drink, to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top), to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president), to get someone to do something
- 頂 【いただき】 crown (of head), summit (of mountain), spire, easy win for one, something received
- 頂きます 【いただきます】 thank you (for the meal just served), I receive (this meal)
- 山の頂 【やまのいただき】 mountain top, summit, peak
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- cima
- cumbre
- colocar sobre
- recibir
- comer
- beber (humilde)
Portuguese
- colocar na cabeça
- receber
- topo da cabeça
- topo
- reunião de cúpula
- pico
French
- placer au sommet
- recevoir (je reçois de vous)
- sommet de la tête (vertex)
- sommet
- pic
| 951 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 940 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1308 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5118 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 986 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1005 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1440 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1530 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1643 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1882 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 164 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 108 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 95 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43335 | Morohashi |
| 145 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6616 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 94 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 98 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 929 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3161 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 1128.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9802 | Unicode hex code |