岩

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

See also: 巖, 礹, 巗, 碞, 嵒, and 嵓

Translingual

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 山 + 石.

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): gâm / giâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • 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/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâm
    • Tâi-lô: gâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gam²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gam²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gam¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm
    • Tâi-lô: giâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giaam
    • IPA (Taipei): /giam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /giam²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /giam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /giam¹³/

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)
• 噴出岩／喷出岩
• 大岩桐
• 安山岩
• 岩圈
• 岩基
• 岩壁
• 岩層／岩层
• 岩岸
• 岩床
• 岩心
• 岩棉
• 岩洞
• 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
• 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
• 頁岩／页岩 (yèyán)
• 骨岩岩
• 黑曜岩 (hēiyàoyán)

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Japanese

Kanji

岩

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: 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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 巌 (いわお) (iwao)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

岩 (nham, nhàm, nhem)

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