EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    cave; cavern; grotto

  2. dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock

Also written 石屋【いわや】窟【いわや】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

boulder, rock, cliff

Kun
いわ
On
ガン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
787 of 2500
Radical
mountain
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-5SKIP code
3o5.10The Kanji Dictionary
2260.1Four corner code
1277deroo
5ca9Unicode hex code
1-20-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1414Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1461New Nelson (John Haig)
2235New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2778Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1423Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1921Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
770Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
832Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
744A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
942Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
821Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7985Morohashi
249A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1345Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1428Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
178sakade
487Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
102henshall3
156Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
457Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
538Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
777Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
amKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Kun
On
オク
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
616 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
3r6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7721.4Four corner code
3772deroo
5c4bUnicode hex code
1-18-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1392Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1421New Nelson (John Haig)
3098New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3842Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2669Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1058Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1138Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
270A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1233Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
251Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7684Morohashi
236A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161sakade
160Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
256henshall3
319Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
236crowley
54Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
530Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1067Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu1Pinyin reading
ogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level