巌

See also: 巖
巌 U+5DCC, 巌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DCC
← 巋
[U+5DCB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 巍 →
[U+5DCD]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 322, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8624
  • Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 42
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 806, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+5DCC

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji

巌

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

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].

Noun

巌 (hiragana いわ, rōmaji iwa, historical hiragana いは)

  1. rock

Proper noun

巌 (hiragana いわお, rōmaji Iwao, historical hiragana いはほ)

  1. A male given name
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