石 (shí)
Stone; rock.
How 石 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Traditional
- 石
- Simplified
- 石 (unchanged)
石 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- shí
- surname Shi
- dàn
- dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; ten pecks; one hundred liters
Common words using 石
- 一石二鳥 yīshíèrniǎo
- to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
- 寶石 bǎoshí
- precious stone; gem; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
- 石化 shíhuà
- to petrify; petrochemical industry
- 石家莊 shíjiāzhuāng
- Shijiazhuang prefecture level city and capital of Hebei province 河北省 in north China
- 石油 shíyóu
- oil; petroleum
- 石頭 shítou
- stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- 綠寶石 lǜbǎoshí
- beryl
- 綠松石 lǜsōngshí
- turquoise
- 鐵石心腸 tiěshíxīncháng
- hard-hearted
- 鑽石 zuànshí
- diamond; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- 中石化 zhōngshíhuà
- China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec; abbr. of 中國石油化工股份有限公司|中国石油化工股份有限公司
- 化石 huàshí
- fossil
石 in a sentence
不要拿石頭丟狗。
Búyào ná shítou diū gǒu.
“Don't throw stones at the dog.”
How common is 石?
石 is the 414th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 71.8% of all running text.
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