岩

See also: 巖, 礹, 巗, 碞, 嵒, and 嵓

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		岩
alternative forms		巖 巗／岩 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／会意) : 山 (“hill”) + 石 (“rock”).

Originally written as 巖 – phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋraːm) : semantic 山 (“hill”) + phonetic 嚴 (OC *ŋam). The variant form 岩 first appeared in the clerical script in Han dynasty.

Etymology 1

Cognate with 嚴 (OC *ŋam, “majestic; stern; grave”) and 儼 (OC *ŋamʔ, “dignified; majestic”). See 嚴 for more.

癌 (ái, “cancer”) is a derivative of 岩.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 岩

1. cliff
2. rock, stone
3. mountain peak
4. cave
5. ^† tall

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 岩 – see 巖 (“dangerous and important”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 巖).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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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, 岩, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

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

Etymology 1

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

/ipa/ → /ifa/ → /iwa/

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.

Alternative forms

• 巌
• 磐

Noun

岩(いわ) • (iwa) ^{←いは (ifa)?}

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, 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)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
岩
がん Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 岩 (MC ngaem).

Affix

岩(がん) • (gan) 

1. rock

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Korean

Hanja

岩 • (am) (hangeul 암)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 岩 (nham, nhàm, nhem)

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