Memory phrase for the character: 岩

岩

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Meaning rock, cliff

Pronunciation

yán

Explanation

Top: mountain 山, bottom: stone 石

Mnemonic
 
In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock.

Radicals

山 mountain
石 stoneShows a variation of cliff 厂 with a stone 囗 below.
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 Vocabulary

岩石 yán shí  rock
页岩 yè yán  shale
砾岩 lì yán  conglomerate (geology)
砾岩 lì yán  

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