Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: boulder, rock, cliff

Kunyomi: いわ

Onyomi: ガン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: やまかんむり

Meaning: mountain

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

石(がんせき)   rock [n.]

塩(がんえん)   rock salt

火山(かざんがん)   volcanic rock, igneous rock

(いわ)   rock, crag

山(いわやま)   rocky mountain

Onyomi Examples

ガンバン bedrock

ガンセキ rock

サガン sandstone

石灰 セッカイガン limestone

Kunyomi Examples

いわ rock, boulder, crag, cliff, anchor

いわま among rocks

一枚 いちまいいわ monolith, large slab of rock

うきいわ rock partially submerged in water, rock partially emerging from the water, pumice stone