岩 – boulder, rock, cliff

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The kanji 岩 means boulder, rock, cliff. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガン (gan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いわ (iwa). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 山 (no. 46).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガン	gan
Kun’yomi	いわ	iwa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 山 (Kangxi radical 46). Components: 口・山・石.

Words using 岩

岩いわrock溶岩ようがんlava岩石がんせきrock

Example sentences

この岩は何に似ていますか。

What does this rock look like?

Tatoeba #222551

その火山は溶岩を流し出した。

The volcano poured molten rock.

Tatoeba #211955

岩石や鉱物はいろいろな面で私たちに有益である。

Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.

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Kanji with the same radical

山島岸崩岳峡峰嵐峠崇岬崖

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