巌

See also: 巖

Translingual

Han character

巌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山火一大 (UFMK), composition ⿱山厳)

1. cliff, precipice
2. cave, grotto

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

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Chinese

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

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Japanese

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 巖

A compound of iha "stone" and ho "surface".

Historically /ihaho/. /h/ underwent a number of phonological changes. In intervocalic environments, such as this, *p → ɸ → w. Hence, *ipapo → iɸaɸo → iwawo. The distinction between /o/ and /wo/ was lost early resulting in /o/. Hence, [iwao].

Kanji

巌

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): がん (gan)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 巌しい)、いわお (iwao, 巌)、いわ (iwa, 巌)

Nomen

巌(いわ) • (iwa) ^{←いは (ifa)?}

1. rock

Proper noun

巌(いわお) oder 巌(proper) • (iwao oder proper) ^{←いはほ (ifafo)?}[[Category:Japanese
|いわお]]

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name