What does the kanji 山 mean?

The kanji 山 (yama) means "mountain". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "yama"?

"yama" is written with the kanji 山, meaning "mountain". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) さん (san), せん (sen), kunyomi (native Japanese) やま (yama). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 山?

Write 山 ("mountain") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 山?

山 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) さん (san), せん (sen), kunyomi (native Japanese) やま (yama).

山“mountain” Kanjiyama / san

JLPT N5

How to write 山

山 (mountain) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

mountain

Onyomi (音読み)

さん san
せん sen

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

やま yama

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 山

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

山やまを下くだったところに学校がっこうがある。
There is a school down the mountain.
山 (やま)
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このお金かねは2人ふたりで山分やまわけしよう。
Let's divide this money between you and me.
山分け (やまわけ)
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その山やまはどれくらいの高たかさですか。
How high is the mountain?
山 (やま)
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Read 山 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.