巖

Translingual

Han character

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

1. cliff, precipice
2. cave, grotto

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

巖 (Yale ngaam4)

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Japanese

Kanji

巖

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

巖 (pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

Last modified on 18 August 2012, at 14:18