岩 — rock, boulder, cliff
いわ
岩
rock
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
8 strokes
nature
U+5CA9
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #787
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #769
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- rock
- boulder
- cliff
word
いわ iwa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
かん ・がん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Components
Composed of
やま
山
mountain
#46
いし
石
stone
#112
Compound ideograph (会意). 山 (mountain) over 石 (stone). A rock or cliff — the stony substance of mountains. The composition is straightforwardly literal: mountain-stone.