stone

Origin & mnemonic

A pictograph from oracle-bone script depicting a rock or stone with diagonal strokes representing its rough, textured surface. This form was preserved through seal script and developed into the modern character.

Mnemonic: The shape of the stone radical resembles a rocky mass with rough, textured streaks across its surface.

• 石shí🔊

  rock

  5 strokes

• 䂖shí🔊

  variant of 石[shi2]

  6 strokes

• 矶jī🔊

  breakwater

  7 strokes

• 码mǎ🔊

  (archaic) agate

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 矿kuàng🔊

  variant of 礦|矿[kuang4]

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 矼jiāng🔊

  stone bridge

  8 strokes

• 矷zǐ🔊

  (a kind of stone)

  8 strokes

• 矸gān🔊

  used in 矸石[gan1 shi2]

  8 strokes

• 矻kū🔊

  used in 矻矻[ku1 ku1]

  8 strokes

• 矽xī🔊

  (Tw) silicon (chemistry)

  8 strokes

• 矾fán🔊

  alum

  8 strokes

• 砀dàng🔊

  stone with color veins

  8 strokes

• 砍kǎn🔊

  to chop

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 砆fū🔊

  agate

  9 strokes

• 砑yà🔊

  to calender

  9 strokes

• 砖zhuān🔊

  brick

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 砃dān🔊

  white stone

  9 strokes

• 砌qì🔊

  to build by laying bricks or stones

  9 strokes

• 砉huā🔊

  sound of a thing flying fast by

  9 strokes

• 砂shā🔊

  sand

  9 strokes

• 砄jué🔊

  stone

  9 strokes

• 砅lì🔊

  cross stream by stepping on stones

  9 strokes

• 砈è🔊

  astatine (chemistry) (Tw)

  9 strokes

• 砒pī🔊

  arsenic

  9 strokes

• 研yán🔊

  to grind

  9 strokes

• 砕suì🔊

  variant of 碎[sui4]

  9 strokes

• 砗chē🔊

  used in 硨磲|砗磲[che1 qu2]

  9 strokes

• 砘dùn🔊

  (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds

  9 strokes

• 砚yàn🔊

  ink-stone

  9 strokes

• 砜fēng🔊

  sulfone

  9 strokes

• 砭biān🔊

  ancient stone acupuncture needle

  9 strokes

• 破pò🔊

  broken

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 砸zá🔊

  to smash

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 砰pēng🔊

  (onom.) bang; thump

  10 strokes

• 砩fú🔊

  name of a stone

  10 strokes

• 砫zhǔ🔊

  ancestral tablet

  10 strokes

• 砯pīng🔊

  (old) (onom.) sound of water against rocks

  10 strokes

• 砬lá🔊

  a huge boulder

  10 strokes

• 砥dǐ🔊

  baffle (pier)

  10 strokes

• 砝fǎ🔊

  used in 砝碼|砝码[fa3 ma3]

  10 strokes

• 砟zhǎ🔊

  fragments

  10 strokes

• 砠qū🔊

  rocky hill

  10 strokes

• 砢kē🔊

  used in 砢磣|砢碜[ke1 chen5]

  10 strokes

• 砣tuó🔊

  steelyard weight

  10 strokes

• 砧zhēn🔊

  anvil

  10 strokes

• 砮nǔ🔊

  flint

  10 strokes

• 砳lè🔊

  rocky

  10 strokes

• 砵bō🔊

  alms bowl

  10 strokes