畳

See also 疊

Translingual

shinjitai	畳
simplified	叠
traditional	疊

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 疊 (畾 → 田). In current form 田 + 冝.

Han character

畳 (radical 102 田+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田月月一 (WBBM))

1. repeat, duplicate
2. repetitious

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 764, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21875
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 4, page 2544, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7573

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Japanese

Kanji

畳 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じょう (jō), ちょう (chō)
• Kun: たたむ (tatamu), たたみ (tatami), かさねる (kasaneru)

Noun

畳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 疊, hiragana たたみ, romaji tatami)

1. tatami; a tatami mat

Counter

畳 (hiragana じょう, romaji jō)

1. tatami mats
2. units of area as measured in tatami mats

See also

• 和室 (わしつ, washitsu, “Japanese-style room”)
• 布団 (ふとん, futon, “futon, sleeping mattress”)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

畳 (pinyin dàng (dang4), dié (die2), Wade-Giles tang⁴, tieh²)