岩

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• 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

HanziEdit

岩 (Jyutping ngaam4, Yale ngaam4)

KanjiEdit

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: げん (gen) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: がん (gan)
• Kun: いわ (iwa) < いは (iha)

EtymologyEdit

ipa > iɸa > iwa.

NounEdit

岩 (hiragana いわ, historical hiragana いは, romaji iwa)

1. rock

Derived termsEdit

• 巌 (いわお) (iwao)

HanjaEdit

岩 (am) (hangeul 암, revised am, McCune-Reischauer am)

HanziEdit

岩 (Pinyin yán (yan2), lǐng (ling3), Wade-Giles yen², ling³)

CompoundsEdit

• 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)

Han characterEdit

岩 (nham, nhàm, nhem)