石

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/石

Glyph origin

 * a stone beneath a cliff . The cliff was subsequently distorted into.

Alternatively, a cave set into the side of a cliff or mountain.

Etymology 1
zh. Probably related to 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), to which Chinese would have added the familiar final -k.

Definitions

 * 1) stone; rock
 * 2)  gem; jewel; jade

Etymology 2
Contains pronunciations from.

Definitions

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

Etymology 1
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From. First cited in the  of 759. In turn, the is reconstructed as from.

Likely cognate with.

Noun

 * 1) a stone
 * 2)  a transistor
 * 1)  a transistor
 * 1)  a transistor

Etymology 2
From.

The spelling came about through customary use in Japan of this character for the unit of measure.

Noun

 * 1) a traditional Japanese unit of volume:
 * 2) for grains of rice; one koku is equal to approximately 180 litres
 * 3)  for land of famous daimyo or samurai; one koku is also approximately 180 litres
 * 4) for ; one koku is equal to 10 cubic  or approximately 0.278 cubic metres
 * 5) a unit of quantity for  and ; one koku is equal to 40 salmon or 60 trout

Etymology 3
From.

Affix

 * 1) stone
 * 2) needle made of stone
 * 3) go stone
 * 4) something solid but worthless

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) stone

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) stone

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) stone

Etymology
Cognate with.

Noun

 * 1) a stone
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Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) stone

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) stone