Kanji: 山 mountain

JLPT N5: 61 / 100 | 3 Strokes

Kanji Parts:

• 凵 (a pictogram of a cave ) with a line through it
• But this is easy enough to see as a mountain range

Mnemonics: 

• Think of it as a mountain range with three peaks.

Stroke Order:

Examples:

• 火山 ka zan—a volcano [lit. fire mountain]
• 富士山 fuji san—Mt. Fuji [contrary to popular belief the “san” in “fujisan” is not “Mr.” “ Fujisan” does not mean, “Mr. Fuji”.]
• ごみの山 gomi no yama—a mountain of garbage
• 山 yama—a mountain

Example Sentence:

富士山(ふじさん)に登(のぼ)ったことがありますか？

fujisan ni nobotta koto ga arimasu ka?
Have you climbed Mt. Fuji before?

• 富士山 Mt. Fuji
• に (indicates direction)
• 登ったことがあります To have climbed [the ことがある construction means "to have done". Click here for more on this.]
• か (question marker)