岩 — Chinese character
岩
yán
cliff; rocks; mountain
- Pinyin
- yán
- Radical
- 46 ⼭ (Mountain)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 山 石
- Formation
- ideographic — The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山
- Japanese
- 岩 as a kanji
Common words with 岩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岩石 | yán shí | (geology) rock |
| 岩浆 (岩漿) | yán jiāng | (geology) magma |
| 花岗岩 (花崗岩) | huā gāng yán | granite |
| 熔岩 | róng yán | (geology) lava |
| 岩画 (巖畫) | yán huà | rock painting; picture or writing carved on rocks |
| 石灰岩 | shí huī yán | limestone |
| 页岩 (頁岩) | yè yán | shale |
| 岩层 (岩層) | yán céng | rock strata |
| 岩层 (巖層) | yán céng | variant of 岩层 (yán céng); rock strata |
| 砂岩 | shā yán | sandstone |
| 玄武岩 | xuán wǔ yán | (geology) basalt |
| 攀岩 | pān yán | rock climbing; to climb a rockface |
English words written with 岩
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.