Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 畳

畳

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Meaning

 tatami, mat, fold

Pronunciation

 JŌ
tatami, tatamu

Explanation

 From top: field 田 (here: area), cover 冖, besides/moreover 且 ((A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)

Mnemonic

An 'area' can be covered and they can be piled: folded tatami mats.

Radicals

田 rice field
冖 cover(The radical wakanmuri is seen as a cover, but sometines also considered to be a table. (Other covers are: , 亠 ))
且 pile of stones, besides
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Vocabulary

畳 たたみ tatami mat (Japanese straw floor coverings)
畳む たたむ to fold (clothes)

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