石

See also 右, and 磊

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形): a stone beneath a cliff (厂). The cliff was subsequently distorted into 丆.

Alternatively, a cave set into the side of a cliff or mountain.

Han character

石 (radical 112 石+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一口 (MR), four-corner 1060₀)

1. stone, rock, mineral
2. rad. 112
3. A surname
4. An ancient unit of weight

Derived terms

• 磊

References

• KangXi: page 827, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24024
• Dae Jaweon: page 1239, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2416, character 1
• Unihan data for U+77F3
• Walsh, Len (2002). Read Japanese Today. Vermont: Tuttle. 47.

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Cantonese

Hanzi

石 (Yale sek6)

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Japanese

Kanji

石 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しゃく (shaku), せき (seki), こく (koku)
• Kun: いし (ishi)
• Nanori: せっく (sekku), し (shi), いわ (iwa), いす (isu), いさ isa, と (to)

Noun

石 (hiragana いし, romaji ishi)

1. stone

Compounds

金剛石 (こんごうせき, kongōseki): diamond ライターの石 石英 (せきえい, sekiei): quartz; crystal 石灰 (せっかい, sekkai): lime (mineral), quicklime, caustic lime 石棺 (せっかん, sekkan): a sarcophagus; a stone coffin 石室 (いしむろ, ishimuro): a stone hut 石炭 (せきたん, sekitan): coal 石板 (せきばん, sekiban): a slate 石版 (せきばん, sekiban): a lithograph 石盤 (せきばん, sekiban): a slate 石油 (せきゆ, sekiyu): oil, petroleum

化石 (かせき, kaseki): a fossil, fossil remains; petrifaction, fossilisation 懐石 (かいせき, kaiseki): a simple meal eaten before tea is served 岩石 (がんせき, ganseki): rock (natural mineral aggregate) 奇石 (きせき, kiseki): rare stone; precious gem 輝石 (きせき, kiseki): (mineralogy) pyroxene, augite 歯石 (しせき, shiseki): dental calculus (tartar) 石菖 (せきしょう, sekishō): (flower) Japanese sweet flag 胆石 (たんせき, tanseki): gallstones 宝石 (ほうせき, hōseki): gemstone 木石 (ぼくせき, bokuseki): (scenery) trees and stones

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Korean

Hanja

石
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 석 (revised: seok, McCune-Reischauer: sŏk, Yale: sek)

• Name (hangeul): 돌()

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

石

Hanzi

石 (pinyin shí (shi2), dàn (dan4), Wade-Giles shih², tan⁴)

Noun

石 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shí)

1. a stone; a rock

Noun

石 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dàn)

1. a unit of dry measure for grain (equal to 100 liters)

Compounds

石板 石版 石斑魚 石版画 石笔 石沉大海 石膏 石化 石灰 石器时代 石窟 石料 石榴 石绿 石墨 石破天惊

石青 石蕊 石笋 石头 石英 石英钟 石油 (shíyóu) 石子儿 石钟乳 石柱 魔法石 (mófǎ-shí) 阳起石 白信石 红信石 补肾石 吐酒石 皂石

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "石" (in Mandarin/English). Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-04-22.

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Middle Chinese

Han character

石 (*zhiɛk)

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Min Nan

Han character

石 (chio̍h, chioh8)

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Vietnamese

Han character

石 (thạch, đán)

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Wu

Han character

石 Shanghainese: zaʔ², zah

1. a stone, a rock, mineral
2. rad. 112
3. A surname

石 Shanghainese: tae

1. a unit of dry measure for grain (equal to 100 liters)