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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)

岩木いわき

stones and trees

天の岩戸あまのいわと

Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave

lava

metamorphic rock

rock drill

rock cave

clay rock

hybrid rock

lava flow

acidic rock

limestone

shale

aqueous rock

andesite

tuff

intrusive igneous rock

奇岩きがん

strangely shaped large rock

奇岩怪石きがんかいせき

strangely shaped rocks and bizarre stones

岩肌いわはだ

bare rock

火山岩かざんがん

volcanic rock

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