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:N5

Frequency:131

Vocabulary

サン

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

hermit, wizard, cent

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two

tin can, container, jar radical (no. 121)

branch off, fork in road, scene, arena, theater

concave, hollow, sunken

fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take

convex, beetle brow, uneven

market, city, town