山

山 — mountain

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 3
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #131 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: さん san

せん sen
Kun'yomi: やま yama

Example words

富士山 fujisan Mount Fuji

Words that use 山

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.