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巖

Readings

Kana: ガン、いわ、いわお、けわ.しい

Romaji: gan, iwa, iwao, kewa.shii

Kana

Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: よし

Romaji: yoshi

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

rock, crag, boulder

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 23

Radical Number: 46

Frequency:

Grade: 9

Skip Pattern: 2-3-20

Korean Reading: eom

Chinese Reading: yan2

Unicode: 5dd6

JIS: 565E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2388

New Nelson Index: 1525

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3o17.2

Four Corner Index: 2224.8

Japanese Names Index: 2990

Daikanwanjiten Index: 8649

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0321

2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2118

Kodansha Kanji Index: 3040

Words

岩 (いわ)

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

巌 (いわお)

huge rock

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