畳

See also: 疊

畳	U+7573, 畳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7573

← 畲
[U+7572]

CJK Unified Ideographs

畴 →
[U+7574]

Translingual

Traditional	疊
Shinjitai	畳
Simplified	叠

Han character

畳 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田月月一 (WBBM), four-corner 6010₇, composition ⿱田冝)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 764, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21875
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2544, character 1
Unihan data for U+7573

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 畳 – see 疊 (“to fold; to fold up; to fold over in layers; to pile up; to be piled up; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 疊).

Japanese

Shinjitai	畳
Kyūjitai	疊

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 疊 (畾 → 田). In current form 田 + 冝.

Kanji

畳

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 疊)

Readings

Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←でふ (defu, historical)}
Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てふ (tefu, historical)}
Kun: かさなる (kasanaru, 畳なる)、かさねる (kasaneru, 畳ねる)、たたむ (tatamu, 畳む, Jōyō)、たたみ (tatami, 畳, Jōyō)
Nanori: あき (aki)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
畳
たたみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
疊 (kyūjitai)

From 畳む (tatamu, “to fold”, verb).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たたみ [tàtámí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ta̠mʲi]

Noun

畳(たたみ) • (tatami)

tatami; a tatami mat
tatami; a unit of area, approximately 1.65 square metres.
repeat, duplicate
repetitious

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
畳
じょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
疊 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 疊 (dep, “to fold”).

Counter

畳(じょう) • (-jō) ^{←でふ (-defu)^?}

tatami mats
units of area as measured in tatami mats

Usage notes

The size of tatami traditionally differs between regions in Japan. See w:Tatami#Size for more detail.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
畳
たとう Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
疊 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たとー [tàtóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ta̠to̞ː]

Noun

畳(たとう) • (tatō) ^{←たたう (tatau)^?}

Clipping of 畳紙 (tatōgami).

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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