岩

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cliff; rock

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山

Components 山石

rock · Heisig RSH #1927

山 mountain + 石 stone

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
安山岩	ān shān yán	andesite (geology)
大理岩	dà lǐ yán	marble
岩石学	yán shí xué	petrology; lithology; study of rocks
黄岩区	Huáng yán Qū	Huangyan, a district of Taizhou City 台州市[Tai1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
火山岩	huǒ shān yán	volcanic rock
龙岩市	Lóng yán Shì	Longyan, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
火成岩	huǒ chéng yán	igneous rock (geology); volcanic rock
金伯利岩	jīn bó lì yán	Kimberlite (geology)
岩土体	yán tǔ tǐ	gneiss
云岩区	Yún yán Qū	Yunyan, a district of Guiyang City 貴陽市\|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou
白云岩	bái yún yán	dolomite (geology)
超基性岩	chāo jī xìng yán	ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates)
岩手	Yán shǒu	Iwate (prefecture in Japan)
黄岩岛	Huáng yán Dǎo	Huangyan Island (in the South China Sea)
岩石	yán shí	(geology) rock
岩石层	yán shí céng	rock stratum
黄岩	Huáng yán	see 黃岩區\|黄岩区[Huang2 yan2 Qu1]
龙岩	Lóng yán	see 龍巖市\|龙岩市[Long2 yan2 Shi4]
深成岩	shēn chéng yán	plutonic rock; abyssal rock
石灰岩	shí huī yán	limestone