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Zach

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Readings

Kana: バン、ハン、いわ
Romaji: ban, han, iwa
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: いわお、わ
Romaji: iwao, wa
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Romaji

Meanings

rock, crag, cliff, wall (in a mine)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  112
Frequency:  1701
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-10-5
Korean Reading:  ban
Chinese Reading:  pan2
Unicode:  78d0
JIS:  4858

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2850
Nelson Index: 3214
New Nelson Index: 4037
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5a10.9
Four Corner Index: 2760.1
Japanese Names Index: 2400
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24401
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0394
Remembering the kanji Index: 2586
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2482
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2632
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3534

Words

岩 (いわ)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
大盤石 (だいばんじゃく)
large rock; rock-solid
落盤 (らくばん)
cave-in
常磐御柳 (ときわぎょりゅう、トキワギョリュウ)
beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)
常磐木 (ときわぎ)
evergreen tree
常磐津 (ときわず、ときわづ)
style of joruri narrative used for kabuki dances
盤石 (ばんじゃく)
huge rock; firmness; solidity
常磐黄櫨 (ときわはぜ、トキワハゼ)
Japanese mazus (Mazus pumilus)
常磐津節 (ときわずぶし)
style of joruri narrative used for kabuki dances
磐境 (いわさか)
shrine
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