巌
rock; crag; boulder
20 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1986.
Readings
- ガン (on reading): 巌窟王 (がんくつおう) The Count of Monte Cristo (novel by Alexandre Dumas); 碧巌録 (へきがんろく) Blue Cliff Record
- いわ (kun reading)
- いわお (kun reading)
- けわしい (kun reading)
Components
- 山
- 厳
- 乞 radical beg
- 厂 radical cliff
- ⺌ radical small, top form of 小
- 山 radical mountain
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
- 耳 radical ear
Words using 巌
- 巌窟王 (がんくつおう) The Count of Monte Cristo (novel by Alexandre Dumas)
- 碧巌録 (へきがんろく) Blue Cliff Record
- 巌頭 (がんとう) top of a massive rock
- 巌巌とした (がんがんとした) craggy
- 巉巌 (ざんがん) near-vertical cliff or peak
6 words in all.