Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1986 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 20

Meaning: rock, crag, boulder

Kunyomi: いわ いわお けわ.しい

Onyomi: ガン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mountain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

岩壁 ガンペキ wall of rock, rock cliff, rock face

とした ガンガントシタ craggy, steep (as of a mountain)

奇岩 キガン strangely shaped rocks, massive rock of unusual shape

危岩 キガン steep, towering rock

Kunyomi Examples

いわ rock, boulder, crag, cliff, anchor

いわお huge rock, massive boulder

いわお huge rock, massive boulder