巌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

rock, crag, boulder

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガン
Kun (native)
  • いわ
  • いわお
  • けわ(しい)
Nanori (used in names)
  • よし
Other languages
  • 拼音yan2
  • 한글am
  • Hán-ViệtNham

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5DCC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山厳

Words using this kanji

  • いわおhuge rock, massive boulder
  • 巌窟王がんくつおうThe Count of Monte Cristo (novel by Alexandre Dumas)
  • 巌巌としたがんがんとしたcraggy, steep (as of a mountain)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-17
Four Corner
2224.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o17.2
Heisig
2978
Nelson
1442