岩

See also 巖, 礹, 巗, 碞, 嵒, and 嵓

Translingual

Han character

岩 (radical 46 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山一口 (UMR), four-corner 2260₁)

1. cliff
2. rocks
3. mountain

References

• KangXi: page 309, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7985
• Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 766, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5CA9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

岩 (Yale ngaam4)

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Japanese

Kanji

岩 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: げん (gen) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: がん (gan)
• Kun: いわ (iwa) < いは (iha)

Etymology

ipa > iɸa > iwa.

Noun

岩 (hiragana いわ, romaji iwa, historical hiragana いは)

1. rock

Derived terms

• 巌 (iwao)

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Korean

Hanja

岩 (hangeul 암, revised am, McCune-Reischauer am)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

岩 (pinyin lǐng (ling3), yán (yan2), Wade-Giles ling³, yen²)

Compounds

• 岩壁
• 岩层
• 岩洞
• 岩画
• 岩漿, 岩浆 (yán jiàng)
• 岩石
• 岩石圈
• 岩穴
• 岩崖
• 岩盐
• 熔岩 (róngyán)

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Vietnamese

Han character

岩 (nham, nhàm, nhem)