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岩

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岩

  • yán (yan²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄧㄢˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • ngaam⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • ngàm Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • gâm Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • giâm Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ngam⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶yi Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • ⁶nge Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • yán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄧㄢˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • yán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • yen² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • yán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • yan Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • янь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /jɛn³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • ngaam⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • ngàahm Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • ngam⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /ŋaːm²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • ngàm Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • ngam^ˇ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • ngam² Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • /ŋam¹¹/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • gâm Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • gaam Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • /ɡam²⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou

Where it comes from

會意漢字：山 + 石 。

原寫為巖 – 形聲漢字（上古 *ŋraːm）：意符 山 + 聲符 嚴 (上古 *ŋam) 。岩的異體最早出現在漢朝的隸書。

與嚴 (上古 *ŋam, “威嚴；嚴厲；嚴重”)和儼 (上古 *ŋamʔ, “尊嚴；威嚴”)同源。參見嚴。

癌 (ái)是從岩所衍生。

釋義 巖 · 巗 · 嵒 · 嵓 · 𡾏

  1. 懸崖
  2. 岩石；石頭
  3. 山峰
  4. 洞穴
  5. obsolete 高；陡峭

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"岩." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%B2%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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岩. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%B2%A9

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"岩." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%B2%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {岩},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%B2%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}