石
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rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #89 U+77F3
How 石 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂
How to remember it
stone · Heisig RSH #125
口 mouth + cliff — as a component also called: stone, pebbles, rocks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 石 as their sound component
These characters all use 石 (shí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石 sound component | shí | stone, rock, mineral |
| 拓 | tuò | to develop, to expand, to open up |
| 柘 | zhè | cudrania, mulberry; sugarcane |
| 斫 | zhuó | to chop, to cut, to lop off |
| 跖 | zhí | the sole of the foot |
Words containing 石
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国石化 | Zhōng guó Shí huà | China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec |
| 石子儿 | shí zǐ r | erhua form of 石子[shi2 zi3] |
| 中石化 | Zhōng shí huà | China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) |
| 石子 | shí zǐ | small stone; gravel |
| 金石学 | jīn shí xué | epigraphy |
| 石头 | shí tou | stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
| 大理石 | dà lǐ shí | marble |
| 石门县 | Shí mén Xiàn | Shimen, a county in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 石河子市 | Shí hé zǐ shì | Shixenze shehiri (Shixenze city) or Shíhézǐ subprefecture level city in north Xinjiang |
| 电气石 | diàn qì shí | tourmaline |
| 石城县 | Shí chéng Xiàn | Shicheng, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 化石 | huà shí | fossil |
| 石化 | shí huà | to petrify; petrochemical industry |
| 金石 | jīn shí | metal and stone; fig. hard objects; inscription on metal or bronze |
| 花石 | huā shí | marble |
| 木人石心 | mù rén shí xīn | lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom); fig. heartless |
| 电石 | diàn shí | calcium carbide |
| 石南花 | shí nán huā | heather (Ericaceae) |
| 公石 | gōng dàn | hectoliter; quintal |
| 长石 | cháng shí | (mineralogy) feldspar |