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巌 means 'boulder'

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Strokes : 20    Frequency: 2605   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-6    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 7 words   Used in 12 words   Used in 190 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   ガン
Kun
   いわ boulder
Additional readings
Kun    いわお   けわしい
Name    よし
Components
⿱  山 mountain  厳 severe  
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See also
岩 boulder  
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Most useful words by reading
巌 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 巌 is used 12 times, read 3 ways.
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ガン : 9 words FIND ALL
が ん と う 0
noun
top of a massive rock
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いわ : 2 words FIND ALL
い わ 2
Most common form: いわ
noun
1. rock; boulder
2. crag; cliff
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いわお : 1 word FIND ALL
い わ お 0
Most common form: 巖
noun
huge rock
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An additional ガン less common words include 巌 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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巌
ガン   いわ boulder   
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厳
ゲン   ゴン   きびしい severe   おごそか dignified, stately   
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敢
カン    daring   
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攵
ぼく strike   
丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
耳
ジ   みみ ear   
⺍
small
厂
cliff
山
サン   やま mountain   
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