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, composition ⿱山石)

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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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		岩

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán, lǐng (yan², ling³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ, ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• 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/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ling³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liing
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaam⁴
    • Yale: ngàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâm / giâm
    • Tâi-lô: gâm / giâm
    • IPA (Taipei): /gam²³/, /giam²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gam¹³/, /giam¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (岩, reconstructed)
Character (嵒), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 咸 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 五咸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɣɛm/	/ŋăm/	/ŋɐm/	/ŋɯæm/	/ŋəɨm/	/ŋɐm/	/ŋɐm/

Old Chinese pronunciation (岩, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
岩					14321					嵒					侵					1					嵒					/*ŋrɯːm/

§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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§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 (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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