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Mountain Stone Boulder 岩 ガン いわ Rock Cliff

Kanji
Onyomi ガン
Kunyomi いわ
English boulder, rock, cliff
Examples 岩(いわ): rock; crag
溶岩(ようがん): lava
岩石(がんせき): rock
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 787
Components 山: mountain
石: stone
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 46
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading やま・やまへん・やまかんむり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword boulder
Koohii Story 1 A mountain-sized stone is known as a boulder.
Koohii Story 2 Here we see mountain rocks rolling down the mountain, gathering into a single monstrous boulder crushing everything in its path. Think snowball effect, even if it wouldn´t work with rocks.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade2, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_nature_landscape

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