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Kanji for Crag
The kanji for “crag” is 巌, read gan and written in 20 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
巌
crag
A great crag of rock.
20 strokes On reading ガン (gan) Kun reading いわ、いわお、けわしい (iwa, iwao, kewashii) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: rock, crag, boulder
Readings used for names on Nazuke: iwa, gan, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 64 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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