Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
Variants:
tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1665 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 畳 【ジョウ】 tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
  • 畳韻 【ジョウイン】 repeated rhymes (in Chinese poetry), recurring rhymes
  • 重畳 【チョウジョウ】 placed one upon another, piled up, excellent, splendid, superimposition, superposition
  • 山岳重畳 【サンガクチョウジョウ】 mountains rising one above another

Kun reading compounds

  • 畳む 【たたむ】 to fold (clothes, umbrella), to close (a shop, business), to vacate
  • 畳 【たたみ】 tatami mat, Japanese straw floor coverings
  • 畳敷き 【たたみじき】 tatami-matted
  • 柔道畳 【じゅうどうたたみ】 judo mat
  • 琉球畳 【りゅうきゅうたたみ】 Ryūkyū tatami, sturdy and durable tatami that has a facing weaved from Shichito matgrass

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
die2
Korean:
cheob

Spanish

  • tatami
  • contador para tatamis
  • apilar
  • pila
  • montón

Portuguese

  • esteira do tatami
  • sufixo para contagem de esteiras de tatami
  • dobrar
  • calar
  • abolir

French

  • tatami
  • compteur de tatamis
  • surface : 182 cm x 91 cm
  • replier
  • empiler
  • répété
  • fermer, boucler (maison)
  • terminer
1419 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1300 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3010 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
958 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
747 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1087 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1138 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1303 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3205 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2249 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1801 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21875P Morohashi
2592 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3763 New Nelson (John Haig)
1784 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1923 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1567 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3673 2001 Kanji
5f7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
6010.7 Four corner code
1-30-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7573 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
word, speech, language
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 語 【ゴ】 word, language, speech
  • 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
  • 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
  • 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word

Kun reading compounds

  • 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
  • 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
  • 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3, yu4
Korean:
eo

Spanish

  • palabra
  • discurso
  • lenguaje
  • hablar
  • conversar
  • narrar

Portuguese

  • palavra
  • discurso
  • língua

French

  • langage
  • mot
  • raconter
209 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
124 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
112 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
274 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4374 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
231 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
87 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2136 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
67 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1685 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1944 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
353 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35533 Morohashi
1543 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5628 New Nelson (John Haig)
347 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
211 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
231 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0166.1 Four corner code
1-24-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a9e Unicode hex code