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JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 4

山 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

mountain

On: サンsan センsen
Kun: やまyama

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

山3 strokes

How to write 山: stroke order

山 has 3 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

山 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 山 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 4

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