Memory phrase for the Kanji: 岩


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Meaning

rock, crag

Pronunciation

GAN
iwa

Explanation

Top: mountain , bottom: stone (Below the cliff are stones )

Mnemonic

In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock

Radicals

mountainPicture of a mountain with three peaks.
stoneVariante of cliff , below a stone
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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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