石

2 readings · tap one to hear it

rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂

Components 厂口

stone · Heisig RSH #125

口 mouth + cliff — as a component also called: stone, pebbles, rocks

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中国石化	Zhōng guó Shí huà	China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
石子儿	shí zǐ r	erhua form of 石子[shi2 zi3]
中石化	Zhōng shí huà	China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.)
石子	shí zǐ	small stone; gravel
金石学	jīn shí xué	epigraphy
石头	shí tou	stone; CL:塊\|块[kuai4]
大理石	dà lǐ shí	marble
石门县	Shí mén Xiàn	Shimen, a county in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan
石河子市	Shí hé zǐ shì	Shixenze shehiri (Shixenze city) or Shíhézǐ subprefecture level city in north Xinjiang
电气石	diàn qì shí	tourmaline
石城县	Shí chéng Xiàn	Shicheng, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市\|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
化石	huà shí	fossil
石化	shí huà	to petrify; petrochemical industry
金石	jīn shí	metal and stone; fig. hard objects; inscription on metal or bronze
花石	huā shí	marble
木人石心	mù rén shí xīn	lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom); fig. heartless
电石	diàn shí	calcium carbide
石南花	shí nán huā	heather (Ericaceae)
公石	gōng dàn	hectoliter; quintal
长石	cháng shí	(mineralogy) feldspar

These characters use 石 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
石 sound part	shí	stone, rock, mineral
拓	tuò	to develop, to expand, to open up
柘	zhè	cudrania, mulberry; sugarcane
斫	zhuó	to chop, to cut, to lop off
跖	zhí	the sole of the foot