Keyword
rock
- stone
- mineral
- Frequency
- #653
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
shí100%
Mnemonic
A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
确authenticated研to grind破to break码number础foundation矿mineral硬hard碍to hinder碰to touch磨to rub碎to break拓to expand磁magnetic岩cliff硕large碑stone tablet矶breakwater碳carbon砸to smash砍to chop磅to weigh砖brick碗bowl碟plate硫sulfur碌Taiwan pr. lù碧green砂sand碱alkali硅silicon礁reef磷phosphorus磋to deliberate磕to tap泵pump砰bang! the sound of crashing rock硝saltpeter砌to build磐firm碾stone roller
Used in vocabulary
石油
oil; petroleum
石头
stone
石
rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 (bāyīn)
蒋介石
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975
钻石
diamond
岩石
(geology) rock
宝石
precious stone; gem
化石
fossil
石化
to petrify; petrochemical industry
石块
stone; rock
石
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 (dǒu); one hundred liters; ancient pr. shí
陨石
meteorite; aerolite
基石
foundation stone; cornerstone; (fig.) basis; foundation
大理石
marble
石器
stone tool; stone implement
石碑
stele; stone tablet (for inscription)
红宝石
ruby
石墨
black lead; graphite; plumbago
石榴
pomegranate
新石器
Neolithic
矿石
ore
石膏
gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster; plaster cast (for a broken bone)
石柱
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆 (Chóngqìng)
石英
quartz