巌

20 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

rock, crag, boulder

Kun'yomi
  • いわ
    		rock ②crag
  • いわお
    		huge rock
  • けわしい
On'yomi
  • ガン
Nanori
  • よし

Main Radical

山(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

いわお 85.2%
ガン 14.8%

Character Breakdown

rock, crag, boulder
いわお　ガン　いわ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
mountain
やま　サン　セン (1st, N5)
stern, strictness, severity
きび.しい　ゲン　いつくし (6th, N1)
precipice, rocky or dangerous mountain
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
daring, brave, bold
カン　あ.えて (8th, N1)
under, underneath, below
カ　ゲ　した
ear
みみ　ジ　がみ (1st, N3)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Common Words

いわお
巌
huge rock
がん
巌
がん
巌
　
と
　
し
　
た
craggy
ざん
巉
がん
巌
near-vertical cliff or peak
こ
枯
ぼく
木
かん
寒
がん
巌
withered trees and frozen rocks
がん
巌
くつ
窟
おう
王
The Count of Monte Cristo (novel by Alexandre Dumas)
へき
碧
がん
巌
ろく
録
Blue Cliff Record
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References

Unicode hex code 5DCC
JIS X 0208 1-20-64
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1442
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1521
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2386
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3037
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1547
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2117
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2978
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2936
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1918
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 8624P
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2059
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3o17.2
Four corner code 2224.8