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Kanji for Bedrock
The kanji for “bedrock” is 磐, read ban and written in 15 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
磐
bedrock
Solid bedrock; firm and unshakable.
Iwakura are colossal sacred natural boulders worshipped in ancient Shinto as dwelling sites of ancestral kami spirits.
15 strokes On reading バン、ハン (ban, han) Kun reading いわ (iwa)
Dictionary meanings: rock, crag, cliff, wall (in a mine)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: iwa, iwao, ban
Names written with 磐: Vanda 磐太
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