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岩
JLPT N2 SL2 8 strokes Frequency: #787

Meanings

Boulder, Rock, Cliff

Radicals

ε±±

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)
英雲岩 γˆγ„γ†γ‚“γŒγ‚“

greisen

岩青画 γŒγ‚“γ‚γ‚“γŒ

rock art

露岩 γ‚γŒγ‚“

bare rock

岩団扇 むワウチワ

Nippon bells (Shortia uniflora)

溢岩桴 γ‚ˆγ†γŒγ‚“γ‚ˆγ

type of sauna in which one lies on a slab of heated rock

干出岩 γ‹γ‚“γ—γ‚…γ€γŒγ‚“

rock exposed during low tide

蛇紋岩 γ˜γ‚ƒγ‚‚γ‚“γŒγ‚“

serpentinite

岩摜 むワアクラ

Primula tosaensis (primrose species)

η”Ÿη‰©ε²© γ›γ„γΆγ€γŒγ‚“

biolith

雲母片岩 γ†γ‚“γ‚‚γΈγ‚“γŒγ‚“

micaceous schist

εƒζžšε²© γ›γ‚“γΎγ„γŒγ‚“

phyllite

緑岩 γ‚Šγ‚‡γγŒγ‚“

greenstone

袅苦鉄θ³ͺ岩 γ‘γ‚‡γ†γγ¦γ€γ—γ€γŒγ‚“

ultramafic rock

岩鏑 γ‚€γƒ―γ‚«γ‚¬γƒŸ

fringe bell (Schizocodon soldanelloides)

岩手倧学 γ„γ‚γ¦γ γ„γŒγ

Iwate University

ε²©ζ‰‹εŒ»η§‘ε€§ε­¦ γ„γ‚γ¦γ„γ‹γ γ„γŒγ

Iwate Medical University

岩泒ジγƒ₯ニを新書 いわγͺみジγƒ₯ニをしんしょ

Iwanamijuniashinsho

ε²©ζ‰‹ηœŒη«‹ηΎŽθ‘“ι€¨ γ„γ‚γ¦γ‘γ‚“γ‚Šγ€γ³γ˜γ‚…γ€γ‹γ‚“

Iwate Museum of Art

岩泒書店 いわγͺみしょてん

Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)

岩泒 いわγͺみ

Iwanami (publisher)