巖

See also: 巌 and 岩

巖 U+5DD6, 巖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DD6 ← 巕 [U+5DD5] CJK Unified Ideographs 巗 → [U+5DD7]

Translingual

Japanese	巌/岩
Simplified	岩
Traditional	巖/岩

Han character

巖 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 山口口大 (URRK), four-corner 2224₈, composition ⿱山嚴)

Derived characters

• 𫤖, 𡆑, 𰏂, 𥍛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 323, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8649
• Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 808, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5DD6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
撖	*kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉	*l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉	*l'aːmʔ
敢	*klaːmʔ
橄	*klaːmʔ
瞰	*kʰlaːms
闞	*kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨	*qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀	*qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖	*ŋraːm
礹	*ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃	*qʰraːmʔ
讝	*kjam
玁	*hŋramʔ
嚴	*ŋam
儼	*ŋamʔ
曮	*ŋamʔ
釅	*ŋams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋraːm): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 嚴 (OC *ŋam).

Definitions

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	巌
Kyūjitai	巖

Kanji

巖

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 巌)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): がん (gan)、げん (gen)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 巖しい)、いわお (iwao, 巖)、いわ (iwa, 巖)

Korean

Hanja

巖 • (am, eom) (hangeul 암, 엄, revised am, eom, McCune–Reischauer am, ŏm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巖: Hán Nôm readings: nham

1. same as nham 碞

Readings

• Nôm: nham

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999