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yán
  1. 1.variant of 岩[yán]
yán
  1. 1.variant of 岩[yán]
yán
  1. 1.cliff
  2. 2.rock
yán
  1. 1.variant of 岩[yán]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.cliff
  2. 2.rock; stone; -ite
  3. 3.mountain peak
  4. 4.cave
  5. 5.tall; steep
  6. 6.precipitous and strategically located

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 山 (“hill”) + 石 (“rock”). Originally written as 巖 – phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋraːm): semantic 山 (“hill”) + phonetic 嚴 (OC *ŋam). The variant form 岩 first appeared in the clerical script in the Han dynasty era. Cognate with 嚴 (OC *ŋam, “majestic; stern; grave”) and 儼 (OC *ŋamʔ, “dignified; majestic”). See 嚴 for more. 癌 (ái, “cancer”) is a derivative of 岩.

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