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山

Kanji · JLPT N5 · Nature and animals

山 Mountain

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

さん、せん

Mostly used when 山 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

やま

Mostly used when 山 stands alone.

Strokes
3
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary year 1
Frequency
#131

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).