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Translingual
Han character
巌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山火一大 (UFMK), composition ⿱山厳)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 322, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8624
- Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 42
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 806, character 16
- Unihan data for U+5DCC
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 巌 – see 巖 (“dangerous and important”).
(This character is a variant form of 巖). |
Japanese
Kanji
巌
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 巖)
Readings
Etymology 1
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| 巖 (kyūjitai)
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/ipa po/ → /ifafo/ → /iwawo/ → /iwao/
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.
Originally a compound of 岩 (ipa → iwa, “boulder; crag”) + 秀 (po → ho, “something tall and prominent”, cognate with 穂 (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards).
The character is Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 巖.
Pronunciation
Noun
巌 • (iwao) ←いはほ (ifafo)?
- a tall and large rock, crag, or boulder
Proper noun
巌 • (Iwao) ←いはほ (ifafo)?
- a male given name
Etymology 2
| Alternative spelling
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| 巖 (kyūjitai)
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/ipa/ → /ifa/ → /iwa/
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.
| For pronunciation and definitions of 巌 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 巌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 3
| Alternative spelling
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| 巖 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 巖 (MC ngaem).
Pronunciation
Affix
巌 • (gan)
- (only found in compounds) a rock, crag, or boulder
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 巌下 (ganka): the underneath of a large rock, crag, or boulder
- 巌巌 (gangan): rocky, craggy; sophisticated, lofty, high-minded, noble
- 巌窟 (gankutsu): a cave in a crag
- 巌桂 (gankei): alternative name for 木犀 (mokusei, “sweet osmanthus, a kind of flowering bush”)
- 巌穴 (ganketsu) a hollow or small cave in a crag
- 巌松 (ganshō): a pine tree growing out of a crag or boulder
- 巌石 (ganseki): a cluster of crags or boulders
- 巌泉 (gansen): a spring (water source) in or between crags or boulders
- 巌阻 (ganso): a steep road in the mountains or crags
- 巌頭 (gantō): the top of a crag or boulder
- 巌洞 (gandō): a cave in a crag
- 巌扉 (ganpi): the door or opening to a craggy area; the door or opening to a cave in a crag
- 巌廊 (ganrō): literally “lofty halls”, the rooms to either side in a palace; by extension, the imperial court
References
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- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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