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: 山 厳
Radical: 山
Meaning: mountain
岩壁 (ガンペキ) wall of rock, rock cliff, rock face
巌巌とした (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
岩 (いわ) rock, boulder, crag, cliff, anchor
巌 (いわお) huge rock, massive boulder