巌 — kanji meaning “rock”
巌
rock, crag, boulder
- Meanings
- rock, crag, boulder
- On'yomi
- ガン (gan)
- Kun'yomi
- いわ、いわお、けわ.しい
- Name readings
- よし
- Strokes
- 20
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1986 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 46
- Chinese reading
- yán
Words with 巌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巉巌 | ざんがん zangan | near-vertical cliff or peak |
| 枯木寒巌 | こぼくかんがん kobokukangan | withered trees and frozen rocks; a person that is hard to approach |
| 巌窟王 | がんくつおう gankutsuou | The Count of Monte Cristo (novel by Alexandre Dumas) |
| 碧巌録 | へきがんろく hekiganroku | Blue Cliff Record; Biyan Lu (collection of Zen Buddhist koans compiled in China during the Song Dynasty) |
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