Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 8
山 mountain
- Meaning
- mountain
- On reading
- サン
- Kun reading
- やま
Memory hook
Three peaks in a row. It is a picture, not a puzzle. サン in compounds, やま on its own. 富士山 is Fujisan.
Words that use 山
山
やま
mountain
富士山
ふじさん
Mt. Fuji
How to write 山
Stroke order · 3 strokes
1
2
3
- 1. The vertical through the centre.
- 2. Vertical, then turn across to the right.
- 3. The vertical on the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
山 is taught on day 15 of the kanji course, alongside 南 北 川, with two writing passes and a short quiz.