15 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

rock, crag, cliff, wall (in a mine)

Kun'yomi
  • rock ②crag ③anchor
On'yomi
  • バン
  • ハン
Nanori
  • いわお

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

いわ 52.2%
バンハン 27.8%
20.0%

Character Breakdown

rock, crag, cliff
いわ バン わ (Kentei Pre-1)
carrier, carry, all
ハン (7th, N2)
boat, ship
ふね ふな- シュウ (7th, N2)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ また ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
stone
いし セキ シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

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References

Unicode hex code 78D0
JIS X 0208 1-40-56
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3214
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4037
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2850
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3534
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2482
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2586
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2632
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2400
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24401
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5a10.9
Four corner code 2760.1