岩

岩 (radical 46, 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山一口 (UMR), four-corner 2260₁, composition ⿱山石)

• KangXi: page 309, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7985
• Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 766, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5CA9

Historical forms of the character 岩
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 山 + 石.

岩

1. cliff
2. rock, stone
3. mountain

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)
• Kun: いわ (iwa, 岩, Jōyō)^{←いは (ifa, historical)}

ipa > iɸa > iwa.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いわ​ [ìwáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠]

• 巌
• 磐

岩 (hiragana いわ, rōmaji iwa, historical hiragana いは)

1. rock
   • 1999 July 22, “岩がん窟くつ魔ま人じんオーガ・ロック [Cave Jinn Ogre Rock]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

     体 (からだ)が岩 (いわ)のため守 (しゅ)備 (び)は高 (たか)い。太 (ふと)い腕 (うで)のひと振 (ふ)りに注 (ちゅう)意 (い)。

     Karada ga iwa no tame shubi wa takai. Futoi ude no hitofuri ni chūi.

     Its defense is strong thanks to its rock body. Watch out for a swing of its massive arms.

岩 • (am) (hangeul 암)

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岩 (nham, nhàm, nhem)

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