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: 山 石
Radical: 山
Reading: やまかんむり
Meaning: mountain
Strokes: 3
岩石(がんせき) rock [n.]
岩塩(がんえん) rock salt
火山岩(かざんがん) volcanic rock, igneous rock
岩(いわ) rock, crag
岩山(いわやま) rocky mountain
岩盤 (ガンバン) bedrock
岩石 (ガンセキ) rock
砂岩 (サガン) sandstone
石灰岩 (セッカイガン) limestone
岩 (いわ) rock, boulder, crag, cliff, anchor
岩間 (いわま) among rocks
一枚岩 (いちまいいわ) monolith, large slab of rock
浮岩 (うきいわ) rock partially submerged in water, rock partially emerging from the water, pumice stone