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Kanji Detail for 石 - "stone, rock, solid"

  • Meaning

    石 means "stone, rock, solid."

    1. Stone - Rock; pebble; things made of stone.

    2. Hard - A metaphor for something solid and sturdy.

    3. Inflexible - Something that cannot be changed; stubborn.

    4. Worthless - Something of no value or use.

    5. Mineral medicine - Medicine made from minerals.

    6. Volume unit - A unit of capacity measurement.

    7. Ship cargo unit - A unit for measuring ship cargo capacity.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stone

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    stone, rock, mineral

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Earth matter that is hard and forms lumps. | A unit of measurement. Ten dou make one shi. | Steles and tablets are generally called 石. Such as 金石之學 (the study of bronze and stone). Referring to the study of inscriptions on bells, cauldrons, and steles. | The meaning of useless. Such as land that cannot be cultivated is called 石田 (barren field). A woman who cannot bear children is called 石女 (barren woman).
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Sentences including

  • They're going to ishikawa.

  • It is easy for him to carry the stone.

  • What kind of stone is this?

  • Japan was hard up for oil.

  • Oil is of great use to us.

  • We are not short of oil in this country.

  • She passed the jewel off as her own.

  • This house is made of stone.

  • We've run short of oil.

  • This building is made of stone.

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