岩
cliff; rock
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #632 U+5CA9
How 岩 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山
How to remember it
rock · Heisig RSH #1927
山 mountain + 石 stone
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 岩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安山岩 | ān shān yán | andesite (geology) |
| 大理岩 | dà lǐ yán | marble |
| 岩石学 | yán shí xué | petrology; lithology; study of rocks |
| 黄岩区 | Huáng yán Qū | Huangyan, a district of Taizhou City 台州市[Tai1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 火山岩 | huǒ shān yán | volcanic rock |
| 龙岩市 | Lóng yán Shì | Longyan, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3] |
| 火成岩 | huǒ chéng yán | igneous rock (geology); volcanic rock |
| 金伯利岩 | jīn bó lì yán | Kimberlite (geology) |
| 岩土体 | yán tǔ tǐ | gneiss |
| 云岩区 | Yún yán Qū | Yunyan, a district of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 白云岩 | bái yún yán | dolomite (geology) |
| 超基性岩 | chāo jī xìng yán | ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates) |
| 岩手 | Yán shǒu | Iwate (prefecture in Japan) |
| 黄岩岛 | Huáng yán Dǎo | Huangyan Island (in the South China Sea) |
| 岩石 | yán shí | (geology) rock |
| 岩石层 | yán shí céng | rock stratum |
| 黄岩 | Huáng yán | see 黃岩區|黄岩区[Huang2 yan2 Qu1] |
| 龙岩 | Lóng yán | see 龍巖市|龙岩市[Long2 yan2 Shi4] |
| 深成岩 | shēn chéng yán | plutonic rock; abyssal rock |
| 石灰岩 | shí huī yán | limestone |