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Meaning of 巖
Pinyin
yán
Radical
山
Strokes
22
Definition
cliff / rock, cliff
Usage
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巖
1. 崖岸；山或高地的边。
Cliff; the edge of a mountain or high land.
2. 山峰。
Peak.
3. 石窟；洞穴。
Grotto; cave.
4. 岩石，构成地壳的石头。
Rock, stone that constitutes the Earth's crust.
5. 高峻；险要。
High and steep; perilous.
6. 峻廊（古建筑学名词）。
Steep corridor (a term in ancient architecture).
7. 〔巖巖〕①积石貌。②高大；高耸。
[yán yán] ① A state of piled stones. ② Tall; towering.
8. 古地名“傅巖”的简称。在今山西省平陆县东。相传商王武丁的大臣傅说为奴隶时曾在此从事版筑，后世常用来指贤者隐遁之处。
Abbreviation of the ancient place name "Fu Yan", located east of Pinglu County in present-day Shanxi Province. It is said that Fu, a minister of the Shang king Wu Ding, worked here as a laborer in the past, and later it came to refer to the hidden places of sages.
巖 yán
[名]
【本义】: 高峻的山崖
[Original meaning]: Steep mountain cliff.
【造字法】: 形聲。从山，嚴声。「巖」为会意字。
[Character Composition]: A phonetic compound; derived from "mountain" (山) and the sound "yán." "巖" is a compound ideograph.
1. 同本义 ([En.] cliff)
Same original meaning (cliff).
2. 山峯 ([En.] peak)
Mountain peak.
3. 高山 ([En.] mountain)
Mountain.
4. 石穴，石窟 ([En.] grotto).
Stone hole, grotto.
5. 高出水面较大而高耸的石头 ([En.] tall rock)
A tall rock that rises significantly above the water surface.
高險 ([En.] high and dangerous)
High and perilous.
1. 引用
Example:
三國志·諸葛亮傳: 保其巖阻。
[Records of the Three Kingdoms: Protect the cliff blockage.]
例:
巖邑(险要的城邑);巖牆 (高而危险的墙)
Example:
Yán yì (a perilous city); Yán qiáng (a high and dangerous wall).
Same Pronunciation Characters
Same Radical Characters
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Input Method for 巖
Pinyin
yan2
Wubi
mdf
Cangjie
umr
Zhengma
llg
Four Corner
22602
Unicode
U+5dd6
Stroke Number Category
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