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.

• 朱zhū🔊

  vermilion

  11 strokes

• 硐dòng🔊

  variant of 洞[dong4]

  11 strokes

• 硑pēng🔊

  old variant of 砰[peng1]

  11 strokes

• 硌gè🔊

  (coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe)

  11 strokes

• 硅guī🔊

  silicon (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 硚qiáo🔊

  used in place names

  11 strokes

• 硖xiá🔊

  place name

  11 strokes

• 硇náo🔊

  used in 硇砂[nao2 sha1]

  11 strokes

• 硍kèn🔊

  rumbling of rolling stones

  11 strokes

• 硎xíng🔊

  whetstone

  11 strokes

• 硏yán🔊

  variant of 研[yan2]

  11 strokes

• 硒xī🔊

  selenium (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 硕shuò🔊

  (bound form) large; big

  11 strokes

• 硗qiāo🔊

  stony soil

  11 strokes

• 硙wèi🔊

  (literary) grindstone

  11 strokes

• 硭máng🔊

  crude saltpeter

  11 strokes

• 硬yìng🔊

  hard; stiff; solid

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 确què🔊

  authenticated

  12 strokes

• 硷jiǎn🔊

  variant of 鹼|碱[jian3]

  12 strokes

• 䂲fǎ🔊

  variant of 砝[fa3]

  12 strokes

• 䂶jié🔊

  variant of 蜐[jie2]

  12 strokes

• 硁kēng🔊

  obstinate

  12 strokes

• 硝xiāo🔊

  saltpeter

  12 strokes

• 砗chē🔊

  used in 硨磲|砗磲[che1 qu2]

  12 strokes

• 硪wò🔊

  see 石硪[shi2 wo4]

  12 strokes

• 硫liú🔊

  sulfur (chemistry)

  12 strokes

• 砚yàn🔊

  ink-stone

  12 strokes

• 硵lǔ🔊

  sal ammoniac

  12 strokes

• 碰pèng🔊

  to touch

  HSK 2

  13 strokes

• 碗wǎn🔊

  bowl

  HSK 2

  13 strokes

• 碎suì🔊

  (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble

  HSK 5

  13 strokes

• 碍ài🔊

  to hinder

  13 strokes

• 硼péng🔊

  boron (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 碇dìng🔊

  variant of 碇[ding4]

  13 strokes

• 碔wǔ🔊

  inferior gem

  13 strokes

• 硻kēng🔊

  obstinate

  13 strokes

• 硾zhuì🔊

  iodide

  13 strokes

• 碃qìng🔊

  (stone)

  13 strokes

• 碈mín🔊

  old variant of 珉[min2]

  13 strokes

• 碉diāo🔊

  rock cave (archaic)

  13 strokes

• 碌lù🔊

  (bound form used in 忙碌[mang2 lu4], 勞碌|劳碌[lao2 lu4], 庸碌[yong1 lu4] etc)

  13 strokes

• 碏què🔊

  (gems)

  13 strokes

• 碑bēi🔊

  a monument

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 碓duì🔊

  pestle

  13 strokes

• 碘diǎn🔊

  iodine (chemistry)

  13 strokes

• 碚bèi🔊

  (used in place names)

  13 strokes

• 碛qì🔊

  (bound form) moraine; rocks in shallow water

  13 strokes

• 碜chěn🔊

  gritty (of food)

  13 strokes