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玢岩

玢岩

Chinese

		porphyrites	cliff; rock
simp. and trad. (玢岩)		玢	岩

Noun

玢岩

(mineralogy) porphyrite

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玢	岩
ひん Hyōgaiji	がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 玢岩 ‎(pˠiɪn ŋˠam).

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) ひんがん [híꜜǹgàǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çĩŋɡ̃ã̠ɴ]

Noun

玢岩 ‎(hiragana ひんがん, romaji hingan)

(mineralogy) porphyrite

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9