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畳 たた.む、たたみ、かさ.なる 畳(たたみ): tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings畳(じょう): (1) counter for tatami mats (2) measure of room size (in mat units)畳む(たたむ): (1) to fold (clothes) (2) to close (a shop) (3) to vacate S 田: rice field; rice paddy冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)且: moreover; also; furthermore 田 5 疊 tatami mat Making tatami mats from rice field waste was Japan´s crowning achievement, but for some reason other countries just shelved the idea.

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ジョウ、チョウ tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with 2 1665 12 102 た・たへん 会意 Compound Ideographic The king is peacefully sleeping on his new tatami mat when all of a sudden a shelf falls over and kills him. You can see his crown poking out and the brains splatter out the top of his head from all the pressure.

Kanji	畳
Onyomi	ジョウ、チョウ
Kunyomi	たた.む、たたみ、かさ.なる
English	tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
Examples	畳(たたみ): tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings 畳(じょう): (1) counter for tatami mats (2) measure of room size (in mat units) 畳む(たたむ): (1) to fold (clothes) (2) to close (a shop) (3) to vacate
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1665
Components	田: rice field; rice paddy 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 且: moreover; also; furthermore
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	田
Radical Number	102
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	た・たへん
Traditional Form	疊
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	tatami mat
Koohii Story 1	The king is peacefully sleeping on his new tatami mat when all of a sudden a shelf falls over and kills him. You can see his crown poking out and the brains splatter out the top of his head from all the pressure.
Koohii Story 2	Making tatami mats from rice field waste was Japan´s crowning achievement, but for some reason other countries just shelved the idea.

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