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岩 = 山 + 石

岩 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “boulder”. It is built from 山 (mountain) and 石 (stone). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 832.

Keyword
boulder
RTK frame
832
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いわ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
валун
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
岩 cliff

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 山 mountain
  2. 石 stone

How to find 岩 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mountain” + “stone”. 岩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 岩 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.