The kanji 石: meaning, readings and stroke order
石
- Meaning
- stone
- On reading
- セキ seki、シャク* shaku、コク* koku
- Kun reading
- いし ishi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 石 stone
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hòn đá (thạch)
- Japanese
- いし。
- Korean
- 돌 (석)
- Chinese
- 石头
Readings, words and example sentences
セキ seki · on reading
石油
oil (from the ground)
石油で 車が うごきます。
Cars run on oil.
いし ishi · kun reading
石
stone
川に 白い 石が たくさん あります。
There are lots of white stones in the river.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.