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Stone 石 Gem Jewel Mouth Cliff セキ、シャク、コク いし

Kanji
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
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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