"巌" meaning in All languages combined

See 巌 on Wiktionary

SOFT REDIRECT [Chinese]

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-巌-zh-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Affix [Japanese]

IPA: [ɡã̠ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (がん)), gan [romanization], [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai], [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: /ipa/ → /ifa/ → /iwa/ From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE. From Middle Chinese 巖 (MC ngaem). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=いわ}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{ja-see|岩}}, {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=かん'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|巖}} 巖 (MC ngaem) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|がん}} 巌(がん) • (gan)
  1. (only found in compounds) a rock, crag, or boulder
    Sense id: en-巌-ja-affix-m408CRBc Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 0 39 18 Derived forms: 巌下 (ganka) (ruby: (がん), ()) (english: the underneath of a large rock, crag, or boulder), 巌巌: rocky (gangan), craggy, sophisticated, lofty, high-minded, noble, 巌窟 (gankutsu) (ruby: (がん), (くつ)) (english: a cave in a crag), 巌桂: alternative name for 木犀 (mokusei) (ruby: (がん), (けい)) (english: sweet osmanthus, a kind of flowering bush), 巌穴 a hollow (ganketsu), small cave in a crag, 巌松 (ganshō) (ruby: (がん), (しょう)) (english: a pine tree growing out of a crag or boulder), 巌石 (ganseki) (ruby: (がん), (せき)) (english: a cluster of crag or boulder), 巌泉: a spring in (gansen) (english: water source), between crag, boulder, 巌阻 (ganso) (ruby: (がん), ()) (english: a steep road in the mountain or crag), 巌頭 (gantō) (ruby: (がん), (とう)) (english: the top of a crag or boulder), 巌洞 (gandō) (ruby: (がん), (どう)) (english: a cave in a crag), 巌扉: the door (ganpi), opening to a craggy area, the door, opening to a cave in a crag, 巌廊: literally (ganrō) (english: lofty halls), the room to either side in a palace, by extension, the imperial court
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Character [Japanese]

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji, no-gloss, shinjitai

Proper name [Japanese]

IPA: [iβ̞a̠o̞] Forms: 巌 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (いわお)), Iwao [romanization], Ifafo [romanization], いはほ [hiragana, historical], [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: /ipa po/ → /ifafo/ → /iwawo/ → /iwao/ From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE. Originally a compound of 岩 (ipa → iwa, “boulder; crag”) + 秀 (po → ho, “something tall and prominent”, cognate with 穂 (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards). The character is Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 巖. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=いわお}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|岩|秀|pos2=cognate with <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">穂</i> (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards|sort=いわお|t1=boulder; crag|t2=something tall and prominent|tr1=ipa → iwa|tr2=po → ho}} 岩 (ipa → iwa, “boulder; crag”) + 秀 (po → ho, “something tall and prominent”, cognate with 穂 (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards), {{ja-l/helper|巖||}} 巖, {{ja-l|巖}} 巖 Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|いわお|hhira=いはほ}} 巌(いわお) • (Iwao) ^(←いはほ (Ifafo)?)
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-巌-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese affixes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 31 0 52 17 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 0 39 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 0 50 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 29 0 60 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 20 0 67 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 20 0 67 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 20 0 68 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 30 0 57 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 0 68 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 82 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [iβ̞a̠o̞] Forms: 巌 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (いわお)), iwao [romanization], ifafo [romanization], いはほ [hiragana, historical], [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: /ipa po/ → /ifafo/ → /iwawo/ → /iwao/ From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE. Originally a compound of 岩 (ipa → iwa, “boulder; crag”) + 秀 (po → ho, “something tall and prominent”, cognate with 穂 (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards). The character is Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 巖. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=いわお}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|岩|秀|pos2=cognate with <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">穂</i> (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards|sort=いわお|t1=boulder; crag|t2=something tall and prominent|tr1=ipa → iwa|tr2=po → ho}} 岩 (ipa → iwa, “boulder; crag”) + 秀 (po → ho, “something tall and prominent”, cognate with 穂 (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards), {{ja-l/helper|巖||}} 巖, {{ja-l|巖}} 巖 Head templates: {{ja-noun|いわお|hhira=いはほ}} 巌(いわお) • (iwao) ^(←いはほ (ifafo)?)
  1. a tall and large rock, crag, or boulder
    Sense id: en-巌-ja-noun-GtBRFBkN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 0 39 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Character [Translingual]

  1. 巌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山火一大 (UFMK), composition ⿱山厳)
    Sense id: en-巌-mul-character-Uvj6b7mv Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Translingual terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 0 7 0 12 6 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 10 0 10 5 75
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      "ipa": "[iβ̞a̠o̞]"
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          "english": "the underneath of a large rock, crag, or boulder",
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          "translation": "the underneath of a large rock, crag, or boulder",
          "word": "巌下"
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        {
          "roman": "gangan",
          "word": "巌巌: rocky"
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        {
          "word": "craggy"
        },
        {
          "word": "sophisticated"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofty"
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        {
          "word": "high-minded"
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        {
          "word": "noble"
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        {
          "english": "a cave in a crag",
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          "ruby": [
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            [
              "窟",
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          "translation": "a cave in a crag",
          "word": "巌窟"
        },
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          "english": "sweet osmanthus, a kind of flowering bush",
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        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual symbols",
        "Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "巌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山火一大 (UFMK), composition ⿱山厳)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Kangxi radical",
          "Kangxi radical"
        ],
        [
          "山",
          "山#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "厳",
          "厳#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "han"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "巌"
}

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