畳 — tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• じょう jou
• ちょう chou

Kun'yomi

• たた.む tata.mu
• たたみ tatami
• かさ.なる kasa.naru

Words that use 畳

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 畳 たたみ tatami mat JLPT N4
• 畳 じょう tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm) JLPT N2