石

石 (radical 112, 石+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一口 (MR), four-corner 1060₀, composition ⿸丆口)

1. Kangxi radical #112, ⽯.

• Index:Chinese radical/石

• KangXi: page 827, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24024
• Dae Jaweon: page 1239, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2416, character 1
• Unihan data for U+77F3

Historical forms of the character 石
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) : a stone beneath a cliff (厂). The cliff was subsequently distorted into 丆.

Alternatively, a cave set into the side of a cliff or mountain.

石

1. stone; rock
2. A surname​.

   石陽 / 石阳  ―  Shí Yáng  ―  Shih Yang (a pirate leader who terrorized the China Seas during the early 19th century)

From 擔／担 (dàn) (Qiu, 1988).

石

1. ^† a unit of dry measure for grain (equal to 100 liters)

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)
• Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: こく (koku, Jōyō, uncommon); しゃく (shaku, Jōyō, uncommon)
• Kun: いし (ishi, 石, Jōyō)
• Nanori: いさ (isa); いす (isu); いわ (iwa); し (shi); せっく (sekku); と (to)

From Old Japanese.[1] Likely cognate with 磯 (iso, “a pebble; gravel; a rocky beach”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いし​ [ìshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [iɕi]

石 (hiragana いし, rōmaji ishi)

1. stone
   • 1999 March 27, “ストーン・アルマジラー [Stone Armadiller]”, in Vol.2, Konami:

     体 (からだ)が石 (いし)のように堅 (かた)い毛 (け)で覆 (おお)われており、守 (まも)りがかたい。

     Karada ga ishi no yō ni katai ke de ōwareteori, mamori ga katai.

     With a body covered in a coat as hard as stones, its defense is solid.

2. (slang, electronics) transistor

From Middle Chinese 斛 (MC ɦuk̚). The 石 spelling came about through customary use in Japan of this character for the unit of measure.[1]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) こ​く [kóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

石 (hiragana こく, rōmaji koku)

1. koku (traditional Japanese unit of volume, approx. 180 litres)

• 石 (こく)高 (だか) (kokudaka)

From Middle Chinese 石 (MC d͡ʑiᴇk̚).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [se̞kʲi]

石 (hiragana せき, rōmaji -seki)

1. counter for gemstones used as bearings in watches and other devices
2. (slang, electronics) counter for transistors, especially discrete ones

   六 (ろく)石 (せき)ラジオ

   rokuseki rajio

   six-transistor radio

石 (hiragana せき, rōmaji seki)

1. alternative form of koku above: seki (traditional Japanese unit of volume, approx. 180 litres)

石 (eumhun 돌 석 (dol seok))

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石

• Kun: しー (shī)

Cognate with Japanese 石 (ishi).

• IPA^(key): /ɕiː/

石 (hiragana しー, romaji shī)

1. stone

石

• Kun: いす (isu)

Cognate with Japanese 石 (ishi).

• IPA^(key): /iss̩/

石 (hiragana いす, romaji isu)

1. stone

石

• Kun: いし (ishi)

Cognate with Japanese 石 (ishi).

• IPA^(key): /ʔiɕi/

石 (hiragana いし, romaji ishi)

1. stone

石: Hán Việt readings: thạch[1][2][3], đán[3]
石: Nôm readings: thạch[1][2], sạch[1]

1. Hán tự form of thạch (“stone”).

石

• Kun: いしぃ (isï)

Cognate with Japanese 石 (ishi).

• IPA^(key): /ʔisɨ/

石 (hiragana いしぃ, romaji isï)

1. stone

石

• Kun: いち (ichi)

Cognate with Japanese 石 (ishi).

• IPA^(key): /it͡ɕi/

石 (hiragana いち, romaji ichi)

1. stone