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畳 means 'fold'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1309   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-17    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 51    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 34 words   Used in 67 words   Used in 51 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジョウ
Kun
   たたむ to fold up   たたみ tatami
Additional readings
On    チョウ
Kun    かさなる
Variants
疊  
Notes
Lower two components exist as a rare kanji, 冝
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Find out how 畳 can represent both rigid tatami mats and foldable items. See how the mats relate to cobblestones, sardines, wives, and bald priests. Learn to discuss room size in terms of these mats, even if the room contains none. Read about formerly X-rated restaurant waiting rooms. And discover why two famous directors dissed documentaries, despite having made them.
Components
⿱  田 rice field  ⿵  冖 cover; covered  且 and another  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 畳 is used 4 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 畳 is used 64 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ジョウ : 18 words FIND ALL
1. counter for tatami mats
2. measure of room size (in mat units)
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たたみ : 18 words FIND ALL
た た み 0
noun
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
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たたむ : 21 words FIND ALL
た た む 0
Most common form: たたむ
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to fold (clothes, umbrella)  (often written with kana only)
2. to close (a shop, business)  (often written with kana only)
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たたみ (read as だたみ) : 7 words FIND ALL
あ お だ た み 3
noun
new mat
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An additional 3 less common words include 畳 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1419  Joy o' Kanji : 1419  Key to Kanji: - 

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畳
ジョウ   たたむ to fold up   たたみ tatami   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
田
デン   た rice field   
冖
cover; covered   
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