山 — mountain

山

Meaning: mountain
On reading: サンsanセンsen
Kun reading: やまyama
Strokes: 3
Learned in: Grade 1 of elementary school in Japan

山 in names

When I turn a name into kanji, I use 山 for the sound “san” (さん), “zan” (ざん) or “yan” (やん).

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).