畳

See also: 疊
畳 U+7573, 畳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7573
← 畲
[U+7572] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 畴 →
[U+7574]

Translingual
Traditional 疊
Shinjitai 畳
Simplified 叠

Han character

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

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 764, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21875
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2544, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7573

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 畳 – see 疊 (“to fold; to fold up; to fold over in layers; to pile up; to be piled up; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 疊).

Japanese

Shinjitai

 畳

Kyūjitai

 疊

Glyph origin

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

Kanji
畳

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

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
畳
たたみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
疊 (kyūjitai)

From 畳む (tatamu, “to fold”, verb).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) たたみ [tàtámí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ta̠mʲi]

Noun

畳(たたみ) • (tatami) 

  1. tatami; a tatami mat
  2. tatami; a unit of area, approximately 1.65 square metres.
  3. repeat, duplicate
  4. repetitious

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
畳
じょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
疊 (kyūjitai)

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

Counter

畳(じょう) • (-jō) ←でふ (defu)?

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

The size of tatami traditionally differs between regions in Japan. See w:Tatami#Size for more detail.

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
畳
たとう
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
疊 (kyūjitai)

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

Noun

畳(たとう) • (tatō) ←たたう (tatau)?

  1. Clipping of 畳紙 (tatōgami).

See also

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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