Core meaning

stone, rock, mineral

Character Properties

Radical

音読み方-Onyomikata for

しゃく(SHAKU), せき(SEKI), こく(KOKU), いし(ISHI)


Words you should know

小石(こいし) Pebble, 石田(いしだ) Ishida - a common surname

Notes

The Japanese edition of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' is called 「ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石」.

石 can easily be confused with 右 meaning 'right'.


See also


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