shí

stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112

HSK 5 #414

DEFINITIONS

石 shí
  • surname Shi
  • rock
  • stone
  • stone inscription
  • one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
石 dàn
  • dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗
  • ten pecks
  • one hundred liters

STROKES

WORDS

城 shí chéng Shicheng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
墨 shí mò black lead; graphite; plumbago
岗 shí gǎng Shek Kong (area in Hong Kong)
田 shí tián Ishida (Japanese surname and place name)
shā shí sandstone; sand and stone; aggregate
huáng shí Huangshi prefecture-level city in Hubei
阵 jù shí zhèn giant stone arrangement; Stonehenge
海枯烂 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom); fig. forever; until the end of time
川 shí chuān Ishikawa (Japanese surname and place name)
蜡 shí là paraffin wax
奠基 diàn jī shí a foundation stone; a cornerstone
蕊 shí ruǐ reindeer moss; litmus (chemistry)
guī shí siliceous rock
金刚 jīn gāng shí diamond; also called 鑽石|钻石[zuan4 shi2]
器 xīn shí qì Neolithic
阶 shí jiē stone step
胆结 dǎn jié shí gallstone
花岗 huā gāng shí granite
问路 tóu shí wèn lù lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom); fig. to test the waters
工 shí gōng stonemasonry; stonemason
柱 shí zhù Shizhu Tujia autonomous county, Chongqing; stela; upright stone; obelisk
雕 shí diāo stone carving; carved sculpture
松 shí sōng Lycopodiopsida (club mosses)
磨刀 mó dāo shí whetstone (for honing knives)
蒋介 jiǎng jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975