金石

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Chinese

metal; gold; money rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad.
(金石) 		金 石
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Pronunciation

Note: gim1 zioh8 - "Jinshi" (Chaoyang accent).
Rime
Character 金 石
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 居吟切 常隻切
Baxter kim dzyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiɪm/ /d͡ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚim/ /d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiem/ /d͡ʑiæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kjim/ /d͡ʑiajk̚/
Li
Rong 		/kjəm/ /ʑiɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/kĭĕm/ /ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯əm/ /ʑi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīn shí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gam1 sik6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 金 石
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīn shí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kim › ‹ dzyek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k(r)m/ /*dAk/
English metal, bronze stone

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 金 石
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6679 11470
Phonetic
component 		金 石
Rime
group 		侵 鐸
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		金 石
Old
Chinese 		/*krɯm/ /*djaɡ/
Notes 說文今聲，俞敏依金文非之

Noun

金石

  1. metal and stone
  2. inscriptions on ancient bronzes and stone tablets
  3. (music) bells and chime stones used in ancient Chinese music
  4. (figurative) hardness and strength; adamant

Derived terms

Proper noun

金石

  1. (～鎮) Jinshi (a town in Chao'an district, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
金 石
きん
Grade: 1 		せき
Grade: 1
kan'on

From Chinese 金石 (jīnshí).

Pronunciation

Noun

金(きん)石(せき) • (kinseki) 

  1. metal and stone, mineral
  2. (figurative, by extension) (something) very strong, hard
    金石(きんせき)の交(まじ)わり
    kinseki no majiwari
    a rock-solid relationship
  3. a metal or stone vessel; (especially) a musical instrument made of gold or stone, such as a bell or qing (Chinese stone chime)
  4. a message to posterity engraved in metal or stone; an inscription

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金 石
かな
Grade: 1 		いし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Superficially of 金(かな) (kana, “metal”) + 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

金(かな)石(いし) • (kanaishi) 

  1. (regional, Chiba prefecture) andesite (volcanic rock of intermediate composition)
    Synonym: (standard) 安山岩 (anzangan)
  2. (regional, Nagano to Kyoto prefecture) a stone, a rock
  3. (regional, Shizuoka prefecture) native copper, copper mineral
    Synonym: (standard) 自然銅 (shizendō)
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