石 – Kanji details

Keyword

stone

Info

Frequency	Top 300-400
Type	Kyōiku (1st grade) ?
Kanken	Level 10
Heisig	118
Readings	いし (51%) せき (38%) せっ (5%) こく (2%) しゃく (1%)
	じゃくしいわとごくつわうまずば

Composed of

一

one

丿

slash left

口

mouth

Mnemonic

A stone landed to the left of his mouth and slashed his face with a sharp edge leaving one very nasty gash...

Used in kanji (65 in total)

certain

to tear

refine

sand

hard like a rock

cannon

boulder

break into pieces

polish

malicious jealousy

fort

magnetic

cornerstone

clear the way

small stones

nitric

blue-green

teacup

monument with an inscription

磐

large rock in which the gods dwell

satisfactory

Go (the game)

rocky beach

inkstone

sulphur

crucifixion

reef

wild mulberry

obstacle

whetstone

grapnel

???

many stones

illustrious

fulling block

mill

???

arsenic

???

???

alum

rock

???

expanse of sand

upside-V-shaped gong

ore [alt]

yard (91.44 cm)

round stone

cave

???

???

sound of stones struck together

???

cut with a sword

hand mill

whetstone

a kind of china

???

???

barren

sure

???

???

giant clam

???

Used in vocabulary (871 in total)

石いし

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

宝ほう石せき

gem; jewel; precious stone

石こく

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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Examples (200 in total)

この家いえは石いしで出で来きている。

This house is made of stone.

これは何なんの石いしなんですか？

What kind of stone is this?

彼かれらの家いえを作つくるのに石いしが使つかわれた。

Stone was used to build their houses.

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