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巖

巖 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 大きな石。
  2. 高くけわしいさま。
  3. 石の洞穴。
  4. けわしくて要害のよいところ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「山」 + 音符「嚴」。「けわしい」を意味する漢語｛巖｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

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
  • 한글eom
  • Hán-ViệtNham

Basics

Strokes
23 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5DD6

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山嚴

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-20
Four Corner
2224.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o17.2