Kanji 畳: "tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 畳

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 畳たたみtatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
• 畳たたむto fold (clothes, umbrella) · to close (a shop, business)
• 石いし畳だたみstone paving; cobble paving; sett; flagstone · stone steps
• 畳じょうtatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
• 畳たたみ掛かけるto give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
• 四よ畳じょう半はんfour and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room · small room esp. for assignations
• 重ちょう畳じょうbeing placed one upon another; piling up; being atop another · superimposition; superposition
• 畳たたみ敷じきtatami-matted
• 一いち畳じょうone mat
• 畳たたみ込こむto fold in; to fold up; to fold (something) up and put it in (a closet, etc.) · to store in one's heart; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
• 半はん畳じょうhalf tatami mat · heckling; jeering; interrupting; hissing
• 畳たたみ屋やmatmaker; mat dealer

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