岩 — rock

Grade 2 kanji · 8 strokes · on'yomi gan · kun'yomi iwa.

Mountain (山) on top of stone (石) — a big rock is like a small mountain.

Example words

• 岩 — iwa — rock
• 岩塩 — ganen — rock salt

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