巖

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See also: 巌 and 岩
巖 U+5DD6, 巖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DD6
← 巕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 巗 →

Translingual

Japanese 巌/岩
Simplified 岩
Traditional 巖/岩

Han character

巖 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 山口口大 (URRK), four-corner 22248, composition ⿱山嚴)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 323, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8649
  • Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 808, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5DD6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撖 *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉 *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉 *l'aːmʔ
敢 *klaːmʔ
橄 *klaːmʔ
瞰 *kʰlaːms
闞 *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨 *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀 *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖 *ŋraːm
礹 *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃 *qʰraːmʔ
讝 *kjam
玁 *hŋramʔ
嚴 *ŋam
儼 *ŋamʔ
曮 *ŋamʔ
釅 *ŋams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋraːm) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 嚴 (OC *ŋam).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 巖 – see 岩 (“cliff; rock; stone; -ite; etc.”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of 岩).

Japanese

Shinjitai

巌

Kyūjitai

巖

Kanji

巖

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巌)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): がん (gan)、げん (gen)
  • Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 巖しい)、いわお (iwao, 巖)、いわ (iwa, 巖)

Korean

Hanja

巖 • (am, eom) (hangeul 암, 엄, revised am, eom, McCune–Reischauer am, ŏm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巖: Hán Nôm readings: nham

  1. same as nham 碞

Readings

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
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