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巌 — 20 strokes ／ Radical「山」

道
準1University / general ／ 20 strokes ／ Radical「山」
On
ガンがん · gan
Kun
いわ・いわお・けわ.しいiwa · iwao · kewa.shii
Meaning
crag; huge rock

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mountain with an element for steepness: the great rugged rock of a mountain — a crag.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 巌いわお

    crag; massive rock

  • 巌窟がんくつ

    rocky cavern

More words with this kanji

  • 巉巌ざんがん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

海辺(うみべ)に巌(いわ)がそびえ立(た)っている。

A huge rock towers by the shore.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 山Map of reading ガンAll maps

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