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岩

yán

HSK 6 Character

What 岩 means

1. cliff
2. rock

Other readings

岩 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yánvariant of {岩|yán}
• yánvariant of {岩|yán}
• yánvariant of {岩|yán}

Example sentences

• 我是岩本和人。
  I am Kazuto Iwamoto.
• 浪拍在岩石上。
  The waves crashed against the rocks.
• 水池是花岗岩做的。
  The washbasin is made of granite.
• 一块岩石从上面落下。
  Yī kuài yánshí cóng shàngmiàn luòxià.
  A rock fell from above.
• 他的头撞到了一块岩石。
  Tā de tóu zhuàng dào le yīkuài yánshí.
  He hit his head against a rock.
• 他的头撞倒了一块岩石。
  Tā de tóu zhuàngdǎo le yīkuài yánshí.
  He hit his head against a rock.

Words starting with 岩

• 岩石yán shí(geology) rock
• 岩浆yán jiāng(geology) magma
• 岩仓Yán cāngIwakura, Japanese name and place-name
• 岩径yán jìngmountain path
• 岩手Yán shǒuIwate (prefecture in Japan)
• 岩羊yán yángbharal
• 岩降yán jiàngrappelling; abseiling
• 岩床yán chuángbedrock
• 岩画yán huàrock painting; picture or writing carved on rocks
• 岩土体yán tǔ tǐgneiss
• 岩流圈yán liú quān(geology) asthenosphere
• 岩石圈yán shí quān(geology) lithosphere
• 岩石学yán shí xuépetrology; lithology; study of rocks
• 岩石层yán shí céngrock stratum
• 岩雷鸟yán léi niǎo(bird species of China) rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
• 岩仓使节团Yán cāng shǐ jié tuánthe Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
• 岩盐yán yánrock salt
• 岩溶yán róng(geology) karst
• 岩鸽yán gē(bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris)
• 岩穴yán xuégrotto; cave
• 岩浆岩yán jiāng yánigneous rock
• 岩浆流yán jiāng liúlava flow
• 岩燕yán yàn(bird species of China) Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
• 岩屑yán xiè(rock) debris; scree

Words containing 岩

• 花岗岩huā gāng yángranite
• 攀岩pān yánrock climbing; to climb a rockface
• 熔岩róng yán(geology) lava
• 基岩jī yánbedrock
• 层岩céng yánstratified rock; flagstone
• 月岩yuè yánmoon rock
• 板岩bǎn yánslate
• 沙岩shā yánsandstone
• 浮岩fú yánpumice
• 灰岩huī yánlimestone (abbr. for 石灰岩
• 片岩piàn yán(geology) schist
• 页岩yè yánshale
• 侵入岩qīn rù yánintrusive rock
• 伟晶岩wěi jīng yánpegmatite
• 含油岩hán yóu yánoil bearing rock
• 喷出岩pēn chū yánextrusive rock (geology)
• 大理岩dà lǐ yánmarble
• 安山岩ān shān yánandesite (geology)
• 小岩洞xiǎo yán dònggrotto
• 沉积岩chén jī yánsedimentary rock (geology)
• 油页岩yóu yè yánoil shale
• 流纹岩liú wén yánrhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
• 深成岩shēn chéng yánplutonic rock; abyssal rock
• 火山岩huǒ shān yánvolcanic rock

Characters built on 石

These share the phonetic component 石 (shí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 研yánto grind; study; research
• 碳tàncarbon (chemistry)
• 碗wǎnbowl; cup
• 砍kǎnto chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
• 磐pánfirm; stable; rock
• 矾fánalum
• 砚yànink-stone
• 矸gānused in 矸石

Characters that look like 岩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 宫gōngpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 君jūnmonarch; lord; gentleman
• 肃sùrespectful; solemn; to eliminate
• 忿fènanger; indignation; hatred

Sounds the same

Read yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颜color; face; countenance
• 言words; speech; to say
• 研to grind; study; research
• 严tight (closely sealed); stern; strict
• 盐salt
• 延to prolong; to extend; to delay
• 沿along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on
• 炎flame; inflammation; -itis
• 妍beautiful
• 檐eaves; ledge or brim
• 阎(literary) the gate of a lane
• 筵bamboo mat for sitting