JLPT N5 Kanji: 山

Kanji: 山 mountain

JLPT N5: 61 / 100 | 3 Strokes

山

On: サン
Kun: やま

Meaning: mountain

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(かざん) a volcano [lit. fire mountain]
富士山(ふじさん) Mt. Fuji [contrary to popular belief the “san” in “fujisan” is not “Mr.” “ This does not mean, “Mr. Fuji”.]
ごみの山(やま) a mountain of garbage
山(やま) 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？

Have you climbed Mt. Fuji before?

富士山(ふじさん) Mt. Fuji
に (indicates direction)
登(のぼ)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)

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