巌

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

• 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

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)←げむ (gemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: がん (gan)^{←がん (gan, historical)←がむ (gamu, ancient)}
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 巌しい); いわお (iwao, 巌); いわ (iwa, 巌)
• Nanori: よし (yoshi)

/ipa po/ → /ifafo/ → /iwawo/ → /iwao/

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.[1]

Originally a compound of 岩 (ipa → iwa, “boulder; crag”) +‎ 秀 (po → ho, “something tall and prominent”, cognate with 穂 (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards).[2][3]

The character is Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 巖.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いわお [ìwáó] (Heiban – [0])[4][5][3]
  • IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠o̞]

巌 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 巖, hiragana いわお, rōmaji iwao, historical hiragana いはほ)

1. a tall and large rock, crag, or boulder

巌 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 巖, hiragana いわお, rōmaji Iwao, historical hiragana いはほ)

1. A male given name

/ipa/ → /ifa/ → /iwa/

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.[6]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いわ​ [ìwáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[4][5][3]
  • IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠]

• 岩, 磐

巌 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 巖, hiragana いわ, rōmaji iwa, historical hiragana いは)

1. Alternative spelling of 岩 a rock, crag, or boulder

From Middle Chinese 巖 (MC ŋˠam).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]

巌 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 巖, hiragana がん, rōmaji gan)

1. (only found in compounds) a rock, crag, or boulder