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Kanji for Rock
The kanji for “rock” is 岩, read gan and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
岩
rock
A solid rock that never moves.
8 strokes On reading ガン (gan) Kun reading いわ (iwa) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: boulder, rock, cliff
Readings used for names on Nazuke: iwa, gan
In Japan it appears in about 66 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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