| Kanji | 石 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | セキ、シャク、コク |
| Kunyomi | いし |
| Nanori | いさ, いす, いわ, し, せっく, と |
| English | stone |
| Examples | 石油(せきゆ): oil; petroleum; kerosene 化石(かせき): fossil; petrifaction; fossilization; fossilisation 石炭(せきたん): coal 宝石(ほうせき): gem; jewel; precious stone 磁石(じしゃく): (1) magnet (2) compass 岩石(がんせき): rock 石鹸(せっけん): soap 石(いし): (1) stone (2) gem; jewel 流石(さすが): (1) as one would expect (2) still; all the same (3) even... (e.g. "even a genius...") |
| JLPT Level | 3 |
| Jouyou Grade | 1 |
| Frequency | 342 |
| Components | 口: mouth |
| Number of Strokes | 5 |
| Kanji Radical | 石 |
| Radical Number | 112 |
| Radical Strokes | 5 |
| Radical Reading | いし・いしへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | stone |
| Koohii Story 1 | Indiana Jones jumps up and grabs the lip of cliff just in time to evade the huge STONE rolling out of the mouth of the cave! |
| Koohii Story 2 | There´s a VERY simple way to remember this, in case the cliff thing isn´t working for you... Just see it as a stone [いし] being hammered by a miner searching for jewel stones [ほうせき] ;). |
Tags: jlpt.n3, grade1, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_counting_units.of.volume, kanji_nature_substance
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