| 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] ;). | 
| RTK Index (new) | 118 | 
Tags: jlpt.n3, grade1, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_counting_units.of.volume, kanji_nature_substance
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