石
stone
5 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 342.
Readings
- セキ (on reading): 石油 (せきゆ) oil; 化石 (かせき) fossil
- いし (kun reading): 石 (いし) stone; 石川県 (いしかわけん) Ishikawa Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
- コク (on reading): 石 (こく) koku; 石高 (こくだか) (crop) yield
- シャク (on reading): 磁石 (じしゃく) magnet; 電磁石 (でんじしゃく) electromagnet
- Read as a whole word: 流石 (さすが) as one would expect; 石見 (いわみ) Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture); 石蕗 (つわぶき) leopard plant (Farfugium japonicum)
Components
Kanji containing 石
- 確 assurance
- 研 polish
- 破 rend
- 岩 boulder
- 硬 stiff
- 砂 sand
- 礎 cornerstone
- 砲 cannon
- 磯 seashore
- 拓 clear (the land)
- 砕 smash
- 磨 grind
- 碁 Go
- 磁 magnet
- 磐 rock
- 碑 tombstone
- 硫 sulphur
- 礁 reef
- 硝 nitrate
- 宕 cave
- 砦 fort
- 礒 rock
- 碓 pestle
- 碧 blue
- 硯 inkstone
- 妬 jealous
- 矼 stepping stone
- 斫 cut with a sword
- 柘 wild mulberry
- 砌 time
- 砒 arsenic
- 砠 stony hill
- 砥 whetstone
- 砧 fulling block
- 砺 whetstone
- 砿 ore
- 硅 silicon
- 硲 ravine
- 硴 oyster
- 跖 sole of the foot
- 硼 sound of stones struck together
- 碆 arrowhead
- 碇 anchor
- 碌 satisfactory
- 碍 obstacle
- 碎 break
- 碕 cape
- 碗 porcelain bowl
- 碚 mound
- 鉐 brass
- 碣 round stone
- 碩 large
- 碪 stone slab used for washing clothes
- 碯 agate
- 碵 cornerstone
- 碼 number
- 碾 mortar
- 磅 become obstructed
- 磆 stone implement
- 磊 many stones
And 18 more.
Words using 石
- 石油 (せきゆ) oil
- 化石 (かせき) fossil
- 宝石 (ほうせき) gem
- 石鹸 (せっけん) soap
- 石炭 (せきたん) coal
- 流石 (さすが) as one would expect
- 石見 (いわみ) Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
- 石蕗 (つわぶき) leopard plant (Farfugium japonicum)
- 石女 (うまずめ) barren woman
- 出石焼 (いずしやき) Izushi ware
- 石 (いし) stone
- 石川県 (いしかわけん) Ishikawa Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
- 石川 (いしかわ) Ishikawa (prefecture)
- 石垣 (いしがき) stone wall
- 石工 (いしく) mason
- 石 (こく) koku
- 石高 (こくだか) (crop) yield
- 千石船 (せんごくぶね) large junk, with capacity for 1,000 koku of rice
- 一石 (いっこく) one koku (measure)
- 造石高 (ぞうこくだか) brew
- 磁石 (じしゃく) magnet
- 電磁石 (でんじしゃく) electromagnet
- 石神 (しゃくじん) stone which is worshipped
- 盤石 (ばんじゃく) huge rock
- 永久磁石 (えいきゅうじしゃく) permanent magnet
- 明石焼き (あかしやき) Akashi ware (variety of pottery from Hyogo prefecture)
- 石清水祭 (いわしみずまつり) Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)
825 words in all.