JLPT level N5
Kanji 山 — "Mountain"
Here is what 山 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Mountain" stick.
How it is read
On'yomi
さん, せん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
Kun'yomi
やま
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
What it is made of
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
山 Mountain
山 Mountain
The story
The kanji Mountain and its component share the same meaning — mountain!
- 山 Mountain
It's a Mountain with 3 peaks.
Words that use 山
12 of 13 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 沢山 たくさん many, much
- 山 やま mountain
- 富士山 ふじさん Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan
- 登山 とざん mountain-climbing
- 火山 かざん volcano
- 鉱山 こうざん mine
- 山登り やまのぼり mountain climbing
- 山岳 さんがく mountains
- 山脈 さんみゃく mountain range
- 山林 さんりん mountain forest
- 山腹 さんぷく hillside, mountainside
- ～山 ～さん the name of mountain
Want 山 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
