Memory phrase for the Kanji: 岩

岩

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Meaning rock, crag

Pronunciation

GAN
iwa

Explanation

Top: mountain 山, bottom: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口)

Mnemonic
 
In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock

Radicals

山 mountainPicture of a mountain with three peaks.
石 stoneShows a variante of cliff 厂 with a stone 囗 below.
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 Vocabulary

 岩礁  がんしょう  reef
 硬岩  こうがん  hard rock
 岩  いわ  rock
 溶岩  ようがん  lava

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