TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
岩
ㄧㄢˊ · yán
noun — rock, crag, cliff
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A mountain (山) over a rock (石) — the crag, the rock-mass of the hillside. The two together name stone in the rough, and the cliff it builds: 岩石、岩壁.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
山（山）壁上嵌著一塊大石（石）——硬邦邦的岩。
A great rock (石) set into the mountainside (山) — the hard crag, 岩.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)岩石— rock, stone常用
→岩壁— a cliff face, rock wall
⇒岩洞— a rock cave
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
巖yánthe fuller form — 嚴 under the mountain where 岩 sets 石shíthe bare rock — 岩 sets a mountain above it