巖

See also: 巌 and 岩

Translingual

Han character

巖 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 山口口大 (URRK), four-corner 2224₈, composition ⿱山嚴)

1. cliff, precipice
2. cave, grotto

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 323, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8649
• Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 808, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5DD6

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Chinese

trad.		巖/岩*
simp.		岩*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
撖	*kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉	*l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉	*l'aːmʔ
敢	*klaːmʔ
橄	*klaːmʔ
瞰	*kʰlaːms
闞	*kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨	*qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀	*qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖	*ŋraːm
礹	*ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃	*qʰraːmʔ
讝	*kjam
玁	*hŋramʔ
嚴	*ŋam
儼	*ŋamʔ
曮	*ŋamʔ
釅	*ŋams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋraːm) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 嚴 (OC *ŋam)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 巖

1. (of a military position) dangerous and important

   制，巖邑也，虢叔死焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   制，岩邑也，虢叔死焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

   Zhì, yán yì yě, Guó Shú sǐ yān. [Pinyin (Taiwanese Mandarin)]

   The Zhi area is a dangerous and important place, Guo Shu died there.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 巖 – see 岩 (“cliff; rock; stone; -ite; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 岩).

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Japanese

Kanji

巖

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): がん (gan); げん (gen)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 巖しい); いわお (iwao, 巖); いわ (iwa, 巖)

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Korean

Hanja

巖 • (am, eom) (hangeul 암, 엄, revised am, eom, McCune–Reischauer am, ŏm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 巖 (nham)

1. same as nham 碞

Readings

• Nôm: nham

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999