石

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Radical 112 石

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

1. Kangxi radical #112, ⽯.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/石
• 佦, 㓈, 𠰴, 坧, 妬, 𡯝, 𡶌, 𫹺, 拓, 沰, 𨒙, 𪰒, 柘, 𣭏, 炻, 𤤟, 𦚈, 祏, 䄷, 䇉, 袥, 𫂹, 䖨, 𧣔, 𧦳, 磊, 䞠, 跖, 𨋓, 鉐(𬬷), 鮖, 鼫, 𮯂
• 劯, 斫, 𣗁, 䲽, 宕, 岩, 沯, 𥥔, 𫅂, 雼, 𡻦, 𮫁, 𪔑, 𪊞, 𭚇, 乭, 𭀽, 𡊵, 𡶪, 𤇈, 㸴, 𧵔, 𨀂, 𨥴, 䦒, 𡇈, 唘, 䀾, 㻹, 𥗉, 𥗌, 𥗐, 𥗑, 𥗹, 𥗺, 𥗻, 𥗼, 𥗽, 𥗾, 𥗿, 𥘀, 𥘁, 𥘂, 𥘃, 𥘄

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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.

Etymology 1

Unknown. Probably related to Proto-Vietic *l-taːʔ (“stone”) (whence Vietnamese đá and Khmer ដា (daa, “rock; stone”)) (Schuessler, 2007), to which Chinese would have added the familiar final -k.

Pronunciation

Definitions

石

1. stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊／块 c)
2. (Cantonese) gem; jewel; jade
3. a surname

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

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Compounds

Descendants

(Others)

• → Tocharian B: cāk

Etymology 2

Contains pronunciations from 擔／担 (dàn) (Qiu, 1988, p. 220).

Pronunciation

Definitions

石

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

Compounds

References

• “石”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←じやく (zyaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: しく (shiku)
• Kan’yō-on: こく (koku, Jōyō ^†); しゃく (shaku, Jōyō ^†)^{←しやく (syaku, historical)}
• Kun: いし (ishi, 石, Jōyō); いわ (iwa)^{←いは (ifa, historical)}
• Nanori: あつ (atsu); いさ (isa); いす (isu); いそ (iso); かた (kata); し (shi); せっく (sekku); と (to)

Compounds

Etymology 1

⟨isi⟩ → /iɕi/

From Old Japanese. First cited in the Man'yōshū of 759. In turn, the Old Japanese is reconstructed as from Proto-Japonic *esoy.

Likely cognate with 磯 (iso, “pebble; gravel; rocky beach”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いし​ (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

石(いし) • (ishi) 

1. a 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 defence is solid.

2. (slang, electronics) a transistor

Derived terms

• 石(いし)室(むろ) (ishimuro, “stone hut”)
• 大(おお)石(いし) (Ōishi)