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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

1701 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: rock, crag, cliff, wall (in a mine)

Kunyomi: いわ

Onyomi: バン, ハン

Composition: 般 石

磐

Radical

Radical: 石

Meaning: stone

Reading: いし

Frequency: 499

石

Examples

Onyomi Examples

盤石 (バンジャク) huge rock, firmness, solidity

磐越西線 (バンエツサイセン) Ban'etsu West Line

落盤 (ラクバン) cave-in

Kunyomi Examples

岩 (いわ) rock, boulder, crag

磐城 (いわき) Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)

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