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岩

JLPT N2 SL2 8 strokes Frequency: #787

Meanings

Boulder, Rock, Cliff

Radicals

山

Decomposition

⿱山石

Etymology

Ideographic: The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 corner bottom-left-to-top-right

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガン gan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いわ iwa

Words Using This Kanji

190 words total

Other (20 words)

igneous rock

among rocks

rock

edge or corner of a stone

reef

bedrock

halite

Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

(rock) ledge

cavern

bedrock

rock climbing

rock

rocky mountain

lithosphere

huge rock

primary rocks

primary rocks

basalt

volcanic rock

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