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岩 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「山」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「山」
On
ガンがん · gan
Kun
いわiwa
Meaning
rock

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

山 (mountain) + 石 (stone) → a big rock on the mountain.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onガンがんgan岩石がんせき岩塩がんえん火成岩かせいがん
Kunいわiwa岩いわ岩場いわば

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 岩石がんせき

    rock

  • 大岩おおいわ

    big rock

More words with this kanji

  • 岩礁がんしょう
  • 熔岩ようがん
  • 頁岩けつがん
  • 岩陰いわかげ
  • 岩穴いわあな

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

岩(いわ)に のぼります。

I climb the rock.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

大岩岩石岩大big石stone屮a spro…山mounta…屯be sta…屶a hatc…屹to tow…丸round元origin顔face含contai…芫a medi…
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Compound

Map of radical 山Map of reading ガンAll maps

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