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岩
yán
1. cliff
2. rock
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

岩
yán
cliff; rocks; mountain
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

泥岩
níyán
mudstone
岩画
yánhuà
rock painting
凿岩
záoyán
(rock) drilling
岩屑
yánxiè
(rock) debris
灰岩
huīyán
limestone
悬岩
xuányán
cliff
熔岩
róngyán
lava
裸岩
luǒyán
bare rock
页岩
yèyán
shale
龙岩
Lóngyán
Longyan prefecture level city in Fujian
岩石
yánshí
rock
HSK 6
岩壑
yánhè
rocky mountain valley
斑岩
bānyán
porphyry (geology)
岩溶
yánróng
karst, kind of porous limestone (geology)
岩层
yáncéng
rock strata
吕岩
LǚYán
Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet
岩手
Yánshǒu
Iwate prefecture in north of Japan's main island Honshū [[本州<Běnzhōu>]]
砾岩
lìyán
conglomerate (geology)
层岩
céngyán
stratified rock
云岩
Yúnyán
Yunyan district of Guiyang city [[貴陽市|贵阳市<Guìyángshì>]], Guizhou

Alternate Entries

岩
yán
variant of [[巖|岩<yán>]]
岩
yán
variant of [[岩<yán>]]
岩
yán
variant of [[巖|岩<yán>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,422
Word Frequency Rank
6,560 of 84,292