shí

stone; rock; surname Shi

HSK 5 #414

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 414th character
Radical ⽯ (112.0)
Strokes 5
Index # 216

Definitions

石 shí
  1. 1. stone
  2. 2. rock
  3. 3. surname Shi
  4. 4. stone inscription
  5. 5. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments bā yīn
石 dàn
  1. 1. dry measure for grain equal to ten dou dòu
  2. 2. ten pecks
  3. 3. one hundred liters

Stroke order

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Words containing 石

Word Meaning
Shicheng county in Ganzhou gàn zhōu, Jiangxi
graphite; black lead; plumbago
Shek Kong (area in Hong Kong)
Ishida (Japanese surname and place name)
sand and stone; aggregate; sandstone
Huangshi prefecture-level city in Hubei
Stonehenge; giant stone arrangement
fig. forever; until the end of time
Ishikawa (Japanese surname and place name)
paraffin wax
a cornerstone; a foundation stone
litmus (chemistry); reindeer moss
siliceous rock
diamond; also called zuàn shí
Neolithic
stone step
gallstone
granite
fig. to test the waters
stonemason; stonemasonry
upright stone; stela; obelisk
stone carving; carved sculpture
Lycopodiopsida (club mosses)
whetstone (for honing knives)
Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Nationalist leader