Kanji
巌
N1
20 strokes
Grade 9
freq #1986
rock, crag, boulder
On'yomi (音読み)
ガン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
いわ、 いわお、 けわ.しい
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
巉巌
ざんがん
near-vertical cliff or peak
枯木寒巌
こぼくかんがん
withered trees and frozen rocks; a person that is hard to approach
巌窟王
がんくつおう
The Count of Monte Cristo (novel by Alexandre Dumas)
碧巌録
へきがんろく
Blue Cliff Record; Biyan Lu (collection of Zen Buddhist koans compiled in China during the Song Dynasty)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
巌巌とした
がんがんとした
craggy; steep (as of a mountain)
巌
いわお
huge rock; massive boulder