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巖 means 'cliff'

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Strokes : 23    Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-12    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 0 words   Used in 2 words   Used in 85 names   Not used as a component
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Common readings
On
   ガン
Kun
   いわ   いわお   けわしい
Name
   よし
Components
⿱  山 mountain  嚴 (厳) severe  
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巖 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 巖 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
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いわ : 1 word 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
noun
huge rock
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An additional ガン less common words include 巖 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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巖
ガン   cliff   いわ    いわお    けわしい    
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山
サン   やま mountain   
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嚴
ゲン   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   
厂
cliff
吅
two mouths
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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