岩

See also: 巖, 礹, 巗, 碞, 嵒, and 嵓

岩 U+5CA9, 岩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CA9 ← 岨 [U+5CA8] CJK Unified Ideographs 岪 → [U+5CAA]

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Chinese

simp. and trad.		岩
variant forms		巖 巗 嵒 嵓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 岩
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 山 + 石.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngàm
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gâm / giâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngam⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhi (T3); nge (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaam⁴
    • Yale: ngàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngam⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngam²
    • IPA: /ŋam¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâm
    • Tâi-lô: gâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaam
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gam²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /gam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gam¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm
    • Tâi-lô: giâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giaam
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /giam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /giam¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /giam²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâm
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋam⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhi (T3); nge (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦi²³/, /ŋe̞²³/

Definitions

岩

1. cliff
2. rock, stone
3. mountain

Compounds

• 偉晶岩／伟晶岩
• 冰岩
• 冰磧岩／冰碛岩
• 凝灰岩 (nínghuīyán)
• 千岩萬壑／千岩万壑 (qiānyánwànhè)
• 噴出岩／喷出岩
• 大岩桐
• 大慈岩 (Dàcíyán)
• 安山岩
• 岩圈
• 岩基
• 岩壁
• 岩層／岩层
• 岩岸
• 岩床
• 岩心
• 岩棉
• 岩洞 (yándòng)
• 岩溶
• 岩漿／岩浆 (yánjiāng)
• 岩石 (yánshí)
• 岩石圈
• 岩石學／岩石学 (yánshíxué)

• 岩礁
• 岩羊
• 岩脈／岩脉
• 岩鹽／岩盐
• 巉岩
• 懸岩／悬岩
• 攀岩 (pānyán)
• 斑岩
• 板岩 (bǎnyán)
• 水成岩 (shuǐchéngyán)
• 沉積岩／沉积岩 (chénjīyán)
• 油頁岩／油页岩
• 泥板岩 (níbǎnyán)
• 流紋岩／流纹岩
• 深成岩
• 火山岩 (huǒshānyán)
• 火成岩 (huǒchéngyán)
• 熔岩 (róngyán)
• 片岩 (piànyán)
• 片麻岩 (piànmáyán)
• 玄武岩 (xuánwǔyán)
• 玢岩 (bīnyán)
• 瘦岩岩

• 白雲岩／白云岩
• 石灰岩 (shíhuīyán)
• 石英岩
• 矽質岩／矽质岩
• 砂岩 (shāyán)
• 硬頁岩／硬页岩
• 磨變岩／磨变岩
• 礁岩
• 礫岩／砾岩 (lìyán)
• 粒變岩／粒变岩
• 粗面岩
• 粘板岩
• 結晶岩／结晶岩
• 膨土岩
• 花崗岩／花岗岩 (huāgāngyán)
• 角礫岩／角砾岩 (jiǎolìyán)
• 角頁岩／角页岩
• 輝綠岩／辉绿岩
• 輝長岩／辉长岩
• 鑼圈岩／锣圈岩 (Luóquānyán)
• 頁岩／页岩 (yèyán)
• 骨岩岩
• 黑曜岩 (hēiyàoyán)

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Japanese

Kanji

岩

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)
• Kun: いわ (iwa, 岩, Jōyō)^{←いは (ifa, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 岩 (がん)漿 (しょう) (ganshō): magma
• 松 (しょう)脂 (し)岩 (がん) (shōshigan): pitchstone

Etymology

Kanji in this term
岩
いわ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

ipa > iɸa > iwa.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いわ​ [ìwáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠]

Alternative forms

• 巌
• 磐

Noun

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

1. rock
   • 1999 July 22, “岩がん窟くつ魔ま人じんオーガ・ロック [Cave Jinn Ogre Rock]”, in Vol.4 (in Japanese), Konami:

     体 (からだ)が岩 (いわ)のため守 (しゅ)備 (び)は高 (たか)い。太 (ふと)い腕 (うで)のひと振 (ふ)りに注 (ちゅう)意 (い)。

     Karada ga iwa no tame shubi wa takai. Futoi ude no hitofuri ni chūi.

     Its defense is strong thanks to its rock body. Watch out for a swing of its massive arms.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 巌 (いわお) (iwao)

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Korean

Hanja

岩 • (am) (hangeul 암)

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Vietnamese

Han character

岩 (nham, nhàm, nhem)

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