畳

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

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

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 764, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21875
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 4, page 2544, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7573

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 疊)

• 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)

From 畳む (tatamu, “to fold”, verb)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) た​たみ [táꜜtàmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ta̠mʲi]

畳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 疊, hiragana たたみ, rōmaji tatami)

1. tatami; a tatami mat
2. repeat, duplicate
3. repetitious

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

畳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 疊, hiragana じょう, rōmaji -jō, historical hiragana でふ)

1. tatami mats
2. units of area as measured in tatami mats

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) たと​ー [tàtóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠to̞ː]

畳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 疊, hiragana たとう, rōmaji tatō, historical hiragana たたう)

1. Clipping of 畳紙 (tatōgami).

• 和室 (わしつ) (washitsu, “Japanese-style room”)
• 布 (ふ)団 (とん) (futon, “futon, sleeping mattress”)