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山 やま mountain 5 131 3 46 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり 象形 Pictographic Pictograph, see book. * As a primitive this element appears equally as well at the top or bottom of the kanjis (besides appearing to the left). Since a mountain often brings to mind towering peaks, I will consider it implied that the element is placed at the top of the kanji. When this primitive appears at the bottom, I will arrange my story in a way that other elements are said to be at the very top of the mountain (see FRAME 775 for an example).

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サン、セン さ, やの, やん 山(やま): (1) mountain; hill (2) mine (e.g. coal mine) (3) heap; pile (4) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire) (5) climax; peak; critical point (6) guess; speculation (7) criminal case; crime (8) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) (9) wild火山(かざん): volcano登山(とざん): mountain climbing鉱山(こうざん): mine (ore)山林(さんりん): (1) mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest (2) mountains and forest山脈(さんみゃく): mountain range山岳(さんがく): mountains沢山(たくさん): many; a lot; much巫山戯る(ふざける): to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to joke; to make fun of; to flirt; to mess around; to screw around; to josh山腹(さんぷく): hillside; mountainside山(さん): Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains); Mount 1 山: mountain, mountain radical (no. 46) 山 3 (none) mountain YOU CAN´T POSSIBLY NEED A MNEMONIC FOR THIS!!!!

Kanji	山
Onyomi	サン、セン
Kunyomi	やま
Nanori	さ, やの, やん
English	mountain
Examples	山(やま): (1) mountain; hill (2) mine (e.g. coal mine) (3) heap; pile (4) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire) (5) climax; peak; critical point (6) guess; speculation (7) criminal case; crime (8) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) (9) wild 火山(かざん): volcano 登山(とざん): mountain climbing 鉱山(こうざん): mine (ore) 山林(さんりん): (1) mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest (2) mountains and forest 山脈(さんみゃく): mountain range 山岳(さんがく): mountains 沢山(たくさん): many; a lot; much 巫山戯る(ふざける): to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to joke; to make fun of; to flirt; to mess around; to screw around; to josh 山腹(さんぷく): hillside; mountainside 山(さん): Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains); Mount
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	131
Components	山: mountain, mountain radical (no. 46)
Number of Strokes	3
Kanji Radical	山
Radical Number	46
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	やま・やまへん・やまかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	mountain
Koohii Story 1	Pictograph, see book. * As a primitive this element appears equally as well at the top or bottom of the kanjis (besides appearing to the left). Since a mountain often brings to mind towering peaks, I will consider it implied that the element is placed at the top of the kanji. When this primitive appears at the bottom, I will arrange my story in a way that other elements are said to be at the very top of the mountain (see FRAME 775 for an example).
Koohii Story 2	YOU CAN´T POSSIBLY NEED A MNEMONIC FOR THIS!!!!

Mountain Forest Top 山 Mine Primitive Element Appears