tatami mat, fold, counter for tatami mats
On'yomi (音読み)
- ジョウ
- ショウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- たた.
- じょう
About this kanji
The kanji 畳, pronounced as たた or ジョウ, primarily refers to a tatami mat, which is a traditional flooring material in Japanese homes. It can also mean to fold, especially when talking about clothes. A common verb is 畳む (たたむ), meaning 'to fold.' You might also encounter the term 畳表 (たたみおもて), which refers to the surface of a tatami mat, and 畳数 (じょうすう), which counts the number of tatami mats in a room, often used to describe area. Remember, when you hear 畳 in conversation, it usually relates to these traditional and practical aspects of Japanese culture.
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Example sentences
この部屋には畳が敷いてある。
This room has tatami mats.
Meanings across languages
- English
- tatami mat, fold, counter for tatami mats
- Tiếng Việt
- chiếu, tấm chiếu, đếm chiếu
- 日本語
- 畳, たたみ
- 한국어
- 다다미 매트, 접기, 다다미 수
- 中文
- 榻榻米, 折叠, 榻榻米计数
- id
- karpet tatami, lipat, penghitung tatami
- th
- เสื่อทาทามิ, พับ, นับสำหรับเสื่อทาทามิ
- es
- tatami, doblar, contador de tatamis
- fr
- tatami, repli, compteur de tatamis
- de
- Tatami-Matte, Faltung, Zähler für Tatami-Matten
- pt
- tatame, dobrar, contador de tatames
Common compounds
- 畳むto fold (clothes, etc.)
- 畳表tatami surface (the woven part)
- 畳数number of tatami mats (used as a unit of area)
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