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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)
岩戸 いわと

rock door (to a cave)

岩根 いわね

foot of a rock

岩壁 がんぺき

wall of rock

岩田帯 いわたおび

belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy

岩清水 いわしみず

water trickling from rocks

岩室 いわむろ

cave

岩場 いわば

rocky area

岩石学 がんせきがく

petrology

岩脈 がんみゃく

dike

岩層 がんそう

rock formation

岩頭 がんとう

top of a massive rock

砕岩機 さいがんき

rock crusher

アルカリ岩 アルカリがん

alkali rock

シルト岩 シルトがん

siltstone

塩基性岩 えんきせいがん

basic rock

火砕岩 かさいがん

pyroclastic rock

泥岩 でいがん

mudstone

岩絵具 いわえのぐ

natural mineral pigments

岩塊 がんかい

mass of rock

火山岩 かざんがん

volcanic rock

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