Entry
  1. Noun

    foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

    see 山下see さんか

  2. mine; colliery

    esp. 山元

  3. owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

    esp. 山元

Also written 山下【やまもと】山本【やまもと】

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Characters in this word

2
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mountain

Kun
やま
On
サンセン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
131 of 2500
Radical
mountain
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

やのやん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-1, 4-3-2SKIP code
3o0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2277.0Four corner code
1276deroo
5c71Unicode hex code
1-27-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1407Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1439New Nelson (John Haig)
2940New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3658Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
768Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
89Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
21Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7869Morohashi
24A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
34Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
38sakade
48Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
58henshall3
17Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
148crowley
100Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
535Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
775Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shan1Pinyin reading
sanKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲンガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level