巌

巌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山火一大 (UFMK), composition ⿱山厳)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 322, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8624
• Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 42
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 806, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5DCC

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 巖)

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/ipa po/ → /ifafo/ → /iwawo/ → /iwao/

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.[1]

Originally a compound of 岩 (ipa → iwa, “boulder; crag”) +‎ 秀 (po → ho, “something tall and prominent”, cognate with 穂 (ho, “ear of grain”), from the sense of something prominent sticking upwards).[2][3]

The character is Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 巖.

• (Tokyo) いわお [ìwáó] (Heiban – [0])[4][5][3]
• IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠o̞]

巌(いわお) • (iwao) ^{←いはほ (ifafo)?}

1. a tall and large rock, crag, or boulder

巌(いわお) • (Iwao) ^{←いはほ (ifafo)?}

1. a male given name

/ipa/ → /ifa/ → /iwa/

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū finished some time after 759 CE.[6]

• 岩, 磐

• (Tokyo) いわ​ [ìwáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[4][5][3]
• IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠]

巌(いわ) • (iwa) ^{←いは (ifa)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 岩 a rock, crag, or boulder

From Middle Chinese 巖 (MC ngaem).

• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]

巌(がん) • (gan) 

1. (only found in compounds) a rock, crag, or boulder