変成岩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変	成	岩
へん Grade: 4	せい Grade: 4	がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
變成岩 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 変成 (hensei, “metamorphosis”) +‎ 岩 (gan, “rock”). Unclear if this was coined in Japan using Sinitic elements, or if it was borrowed in its entirety from Chinese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ːɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

変(へん)成(せい)岩(がん) • (henseigan) 

1. metamorphic rock

Coordinate terms

• 火成岩 (かせいがん, ​kaseigan): igneous rock
• 堆積岩 (たいせきがん, ​taisekigan): sedimentary rock

See also

• 変成岩 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Metamorphic rock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia