岩 yán cliff
cliff; rocks
怎么记住“岩”: 山 mountain + 石 stone = cliff. At the top of the mountain, the climber grips one loose stone and looks straight down the cliff to the sea.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
岩 = 山 mountain + 石 stone
- 山 mountain meaning
- 石 stone meaning
At the top of the mountain, the climber grips one loose stone and looks straight down the cliff to the sea.
How it came to be
The small seal form is the older spelling, a mountain over a sound part; the short spelling, mountain over stone, came later.
用法
- Rock/crag: 岩石 (yánshí) rock, 岩浆 (yánjiāng) magma, 花岗岩 (huāgāngyán) granite.
- 攀岩 (pānyán) = rock climbing. Denotes solid rock, unlike 石头 (shítou) a stone/boulder.