Onyomi: ジョウ, チョウ · Kunyomi: かさ.なる, たた.む, たたみ · Meanings: counter for tatami mats, do away with, fold, shut up, tatami mat
Kanji for counter for tatami mats, do away with, fold, shut up, tatami mat
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畳 is formed with the field character 田 clearly visible at the bottom and a layered structure above it. 田 represents a flat surface, while the stacked layers above suggest things placed one on top of another. Together, they show flat mats stacked or laid neatly. From this structure, 畳 came to mean tatami mat or something folded or layered flat.
畳 shows flat layers placed together, meaning tatami or layered mat.
Think of flat surfaces (田) with layers stacked neatly on top. Those layered, flat mats placed on the floor are tatami — 畳. Remember 畳 as something flat that is laid down or stacked in layers.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 畳 | たたみ | tatami mat, Japanese straw floor coverings | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 畳 | じょう | tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm) | common JLPT-N1 Counter |
| 畳 | たとう | folding paper-case, kimono wrapping paper | Noun |
| 畳む | たたむ | to fold (clothes, umbrella) | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 畳の上の水練 | たたみのうえのすいれん | useless book learning, knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice, practising swimming on a tatami mat | Noun |
| 畳敷き | たたみじき | tatami-matted | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 畳み込み符号 | たたみこみふごう | convolutional code | Noun |
| 畳語 | じょうご | syllable repetition (indicating plurals) | Noun |
| 畳み込み | たたみこみ | convolution | Noun |
| 畳み掛ける | たたみかける | to give no leeway, to press (for an answer, etc.), to shower (questions on someone) | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |