General term for a rock or boulder of any size, from a stone you can hold to a massive cliff face.
There are big rocks scattered along the shore.
He threw a rock into the river.
crag; rugged rock
Emphasizes a steep, rugged, or imposing rock face; often used in literary or descriptive contexts. 巌 is especially associated with this sense.
Waves crash against the crag of the cliff.
They climbed the steep rocks aiming for the summit.
Tired, I sat on a big rock and rested.
A huge crag towered over the coast.
The waves eroded the rock over many years.
monolith; large single slab of rock · solid unity; unanimity; solidarity
among rocks; rocky crevice; between rocks
rock door; stone door to a cave
cave; rock chamber
bare rock surface; rock face
Selaginella tamariscina; spikemoss
foot of a rock; base of a rock · large rock mostly buried
water trickling from rocks
stones and trees; inanimate objects · apathetic person; cold-hearted person · brown coal
stone wall; natural stone wall
stone pedestal for a Buddhist statue
Primula tosaensis (a species of primrose)
pincushion plant; Diapensia lapponica
Epigaea asiatica
rock ledge; ledge
Asian house martin
cave prison; cliffside jail
hyrax