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[1] stone; rock; mineral [2] [n] calculus (as a kidney calculus; kidney stone) [3] [n] stone tablets [4] medicines [5] barren (as a barren woman) [6] name of an ancient musical instrument [7] a Chinese family name [8] Kangxi radical 112 Default PoS:  Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: 石 (#112)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 右 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43 | ||
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沙石
saa1 sek6 = gravel; sandstone
石工
sek6 gung1 = mason; masonry
火石
fo2 sek6 = flint
石油
sek6 jau4 = petroleum
水落石出
seoi2 lok6 sek6 ceot1 = the truth will eventually be known
石頭
sek6 tau4 = rock; stone; (placename) Shek Tau
岩石
ngaam4 sek6 = rock
化石
faa3 sek6 = fossil
雲石
wan4 sek6 = marble 粵
石春
sek6 ceon1 = pebble 粵See all 180 compounds (CantoDict reports 185 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 4 examples containing 石 Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/20/]石[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/20/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">石</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 石
Unicode code for this character: U+77f3 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/20/]石[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/20/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">石</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 石
Unicode code for this character: U+77f3 (off-site link)
This page shows, from top to bottom:
- a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install
- : the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
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