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Kanji Detail for 畳 - "tatami, to fold up"

  • Meaning

    畳 means "tatami, to fold up." Also associated with to stack.

    1. To fold - To pile up; to stack; to layer.

    2. To fold up - To fold flat things together.

    3. Tatami - A floor covering made of rush grass; also a counter for tatami mats.

  • Words using

    • 四畳半 よじょうはん Listen four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
    • 畳む たたむ Listen to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: tatami, to fold up
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たたみ)
    • Also carries these associations: to stack

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Surnames (たたみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tatami mat; counter for tatami mats; fold; shut up; do away with

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    repeat, duplicate; repetitious

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 疊|叠[die2]; Japanese tatami matting
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • Shut the umbrella.

  • Tom folded up his umbrella.

  • Can you fold the washing?

  • Tom sat on the tatami.

  • Ken folded the blanket in half.

  • He lay on the mat at full length.

  • My legs ache from sitting on tatami.

  • Tom sat on the tatami.

  • Do you have a tatami room for ten people?

  • He folded his paper, consulting his watch.

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