This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ガン、いわ、いわお、けわ.しい
Romaji: gan, iwa, iwao, kewa.shii
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Name Reading

Kana: よし
Romaji: yoshi
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Meanings

rock, crag, boulder

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  20
Radical Number:  46
Frequency:  1986
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-17
Korean Reading:  am
Chinese Reading:  yan2
Unicode:  5dcc
JIS:  3460

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2386
Nelson Index: 1442
New Nelson Index: 1521
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3o17.2
Four Corner Index: 2224.8
Japanese Names Index: 2936
Daikanwanjiten Index: 8624P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0319
Remembering the kanji Index: 2978
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1547
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2117
Essential Kanji Index: 1918
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3037

Words

(いわ)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
巌巌とした (がんがんとした)
craggy; steep (as of a mountain)
岩頭 (がんとう)
top of a massive rock
奇岩 (きがん)
strangely shaped rocks; massive rock of unusual shape
岩稜 (がんりょう)
ridge of a cliff; rock ridge
(いわお)
huge rock
岩窟 (がんくつ)
cave; cavern
岩壁 (がんぺき)
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
岩陰 (いわかげ)
shade of a rock
危岩 (きがん)
steep, towering rock
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