山
mountain

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サンセン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

やま

Nanori (名乗り)

さやのやん

Stroke Order

3 / 3

Information

Grade:1
Strokes:3
JLPT:5
Frequency:131

Vocabulary

サン

WordReadingMeaning
下山ゲサンdescending a mountain; descent
山陰サンインplace in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
山岳サンガクmountain chain; mountains
山間サンカンamong the mountains
山菜サンサイedible wild plants

セン

WordReadingMeaning
山道センドウmountain road; mountain trail
枯山水コセンスイtraditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
須弥山シュミセンMount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
須弥山スミセンMount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Other

WordReadingMeaning
奥山おくやまremote mountain; mountain recesses
下山げざんdescending a mountain; descent
火山かざんvolcano
火山灰かざんばいvolcanic ash
岩山いわやまrocky mountain

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

出
come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out
Grade 1JLPT 5
仙
cent, hermit, wizard
Grade 8JLPT 1
凶
bad luck, disaster, evil, villain
Grade 8JLPT 1
両
both, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), old Japanese coin, two
Grade 3JLPT 3
缶
container, jar radical (no. 121), tin can
Grade 8JLPT 2
岐
arena, branch off, fork in road, scene, theater
Grade 4JLPT 1
凹
concave, hollow, sunken
Grade 8JLPT 1
占
divining, forecasting, fortune-telling, get, have, hold, occupy, take
Grade 8JLPT 2
凸
beetle brow, convex, uneven
Grade 8JLPT 1
市
city, market, town
Grade 2JLPT 3