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岩 Anchor - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
岩
English: Anchor
Onyomi:
ガン
Kunyomi:
いわ
Romaji:
iwa
gan
iwa
Radical: 山
Kanji: 岩 (8 Strokes)
Grade Level: 2
JLPT Level: JLPT 2
Frequency Rank: 787
Part of Speech: noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

いわなみしょてん :: 岩波書店 Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)

いわていかだいがく :: 岩手医科大学 Iwate Medical University

いわなみこくごじてん :: 岩波国語辞典 Iwanami Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten)

いわてけんりつだいがく :: 岩手県立大学 Iwate Prefectural University

いわなみジュニアしんしょ :: 岩波ジュニア新書 Iwanamijuniashinsho

にっぽんがんじきこうぶつこうしょうがっかい :: 日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会 Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists

いわてだいがく :: 岩手大学 Iwate University

いわなみ :: 岩波 Iwanami

いわなみ :: 岩波 Iwanami (publisher)

いわたにさんぎょう :: 岩谷産業 Iwatani International Corporation

いわこく :: 岩国 Iwanami Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten) (abbr)

いわてけんけい :: 岩手県警 Iwate Prefectural Police (abbr)

にっしょういわい :: 日商岩井 Nissho Iwai Corporation

いわてけんりつびじゅつかん :: 岩手県立美術館 IMA

いわてけんりつびじゅつかん :: 岩手県立美術館 Iwate Museum of Art

かこうさがん :: 花崗砂岩 Arkose

ばんがん :: 蛮岩 Pudding stone

ばんがん :: 蛮岩 Conglomerate

かざんがんかい :: 火山岩塊 Volcanic block

アアようがん :: アア溶岩 Aa lava flow

ゆぼけつがん :: 油母頁岩 Oil shale

がんえんこう :: 岩塩坑 Salt mine

がんぺん :: 岩片 Rock fragment

せんでんがん :: 閃電岩 Fulgurite

まくらじょうようがん :: 枕状溶岩 Pillow lava

かいじょうようがん :: 塊状溶岩 Block lava

いわしろ :: 岩代 Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)

いわて :: 岩手 Iwate (prefecture)

りんかいがん :: 燐灰岩 Phosphorite

りんかいがん :: 燐灰岩 Phosphate rock

Using 岩 in sentences:

(Japanese) 岩手県の県庁所在地は盛岡市です。

(English) Iwate Prefecture's capital is Morioka City.

(Japanese) 世界ジオパークは、地層、岩石、地形、火山、断層など、地質学的な遺産を保護し、研究に活用するとともに、自然と人間とのかかわりを理解する場所として整備し、科学教育や防災教育の場とするほか、新たな観光資源として地域の振興に生かすことを目的とした事業です。

(English)

(Japanese) 山岳は、岩の毛布の下で巨人が寝ているように、かすんだ地平線に休んでいた。

(English) The mountains, like giants sleeping under blankets of rock, rested on the hazy horizon.

(Japanese) 岩の下に隠れたい。

(English) I want to hide under a rock.

(Japanese) この庭にはたくさんの岩がある。

(English) There are lots of rocks in this garden. There are a lot of rocks in this garden.

How do you say Anchor in Japanese?

Answer: 岩

How many kanji strokes does 岩 have?

Answer: 8

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