Memory phrase for the character: 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 variation 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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