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bowl, cup
wǎn Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口.), right: as if/similar 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar)
They are made of stone(ware) and all are similar: The bowls and cups.
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foundation, base
chǔ Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: coming out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other.)
The stone from which something comes out is: a foundation.
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to break, to tear, to defeat, worn out
pò Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口.), right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 flaying a skin 厂.)
With a stone on the skin you cause tears and breaks.
| 石 皮 |
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weight, code, number, to pile, to stack
mǎ Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: horse 马 (=馬 with mane, four legs 灬 und tail ㄅ)
How many stones can a horse carry? - This weight is a code or a number.
| 石 马 |
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ore, mine
kuàng Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: building 广 (here: company 厂 with a small chimney 丶)
Stones are processed in this company: an ore mine.
| 石 广 厂 |
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to grind, study, to rub, research
yán Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: open, start 开 (image of the entrance gate of a buddh. temple)
(Only polished gems show their beauty) A stone is "opened" when it is grinded to shine for being studied.
| 石 开 |
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sure, certain, authenticated, real
què Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: corner, angle, horn 角 (image of a horn with head of an animal)
The stone hits the corner. Surely!
| 石 角 |
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huge, massive, large, big
shuò Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: page, leaf, head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
A stone like a head such huge.
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hard, solid, stiff, firm, resolutely
yìng Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more) [丈 = person with big 大 step]
Stones are more over: hard and solid.
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to touch, to meet with, to bump
pèng Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: line up 並 (originally: twice standing 立立 next to each others, then merged)
When stones are lined up, they touch.
| 石 立 並 |
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to break into pieces, fragmentary
suì Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (Between rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 who die suddenly)
Stones between two rotary discs are broken into pieces.
| 石 卒 亠 |
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to hinder, to obstruct, to block
ài Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: sunrise 旦, skillful hand 寸
(Due to the articular gout) Like a stone is at sunrise my skillful hand: That hinders and obstructs.
| 石 旦 寸 |
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stone, rock, stone inscription, (100 liters)
dàn|shí Top: var. of cliff 厂, bottom: stone 口
Below the cliff are the stones.
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to chop, to cut down, to throw sth at sb
kǎn Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: lack 欠 (A yawning  person 人 is lacking sth)
If stones are lacking, you need to chop /cut down sth.
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magnetic, magnetism, porcelain
cí Left: stone 石, right: now, here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 (Here: mounting bracket 艹 with two hanging threads 糸)
These stones behave mysteriously (when hanging at treads), because they are: magnetic (or porcelain).
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to grind, polish, sharpen, wear down, waste time
mó|mò Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: stone 石
Use hemp on the stones for polishing.
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stele, an upright stone tablet, a monument
bēi Left: stone 石, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar)
A stone regarded as ignoble is the stele.
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land clearing, to develop, to expand, open up (land)
tà|tuò Left: hand 扌, right: stone 石
The hand (removes) stones at the: land clearing.
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brick
zhuān Left: stone 石, right: focused to a thing 专 (The skier in the squat position with poles 二 in the hands is focussed.)
A stone that is 'focused' is: the brick.
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to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong
zá Left: stone 石, right: 匝 (embracement 匚, cloth 巾
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.
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to employ, hire, to roll, record, write down
lù Left: stone 石, right: diary, record 录 ("sqeeze out" = part of green 绿, where plant-fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 and green 绿 liquid 水 drips out.)
A stone can be "squeezed" until it rolls, which is its employment.
| 石 录 |
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carbon (chem. element C)
tàn Left: stone 石, right: (char-)coal 炭 (This mountain 山 of the covered 厂 fire 火 produces the charcoal.)
The 'stone'-alike charcoal consists of: carbon.
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1 pound (=454 grams), platform, balance, scales
bàng Left: stone 石, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.)
The stone at the emperor's side serves as weight of one pound.
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knock against sth hard, knock off (mud/dirt)
kē Left: stone 石, right: 盍 (leave, go away 去 [Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left], bowl 皿)
Stones "leave" you and (fall) into the bowl, when you knock them off.
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consulting, deliberate, to polish
cuō Left: stone 石, right: difference 差 (A sheep 羊 with a bent ノ leg and a craftsman 工: what a difference!)
Like stones, differences collide in: a consultation.
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rock, cliff
yán Top: mountain 山, bottom: stone 石
In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock.
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green jade, bluish green, blue, jade
bì Top: ambre 珀 (The king's 王 white 白), bottom: stone 石
But the king's white stone is green jade.
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sand, gravel, granule
shā Left: stone 石, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
If stones are made "fewer", you get sand.
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sulfur (chemistry)
liú Left: stone 石, right: 㐬 (here as a var. of: 'to flow' 流) (㐬 = newborn baby  [character for child 子 upside down = coming with head first], [amniotic] fluid 川)
[melting point 115°C] The stone that can flow is sulphur.
| 石 㐬 川 |
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dish, plate, disk (CD/DVD)
dié Left: stone 石, right: 枼 (epoche 世, tree 木)
If it is made of stone it is used for generations, or it is made of wood: the dish.
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sound of crashing, thunder (onomatopoeia) "Pēng!"
pēng Left: stone 石, right: flat, equal 平
When stones (hit each other) flatly, it causes a: crash.
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base, alkali, soda (chemistry)
jiǎn Left: stone 石, right: salty 咸 (In the mouth 口 like one 一 halberd 戈 such salty [cf. 戌])
A stone, that is salty is: alcali/base.
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reef, shoal rock
jiāo Left: stone 石, right: scorch, burn, fret 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.
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phosphorus (chemistry), water in rocks
lín Left: stone 石, right: 粦 (rice 米, opposed 舛 [two twisted feed])
(Think of phosphorus fertilizer) The 'stone' for the rice, that comes into furrows drawn by feet is the: Phosphorus.
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saltpeter, to tan (leather)
xiāo Left: stone 石, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
To a stone this looks 'alike', but it is: nitrate/saltpeter.
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to build by laying bricks or stones
qì Left: stone 石, right: to cut 切 (.. with seven 七 swords 刀)
Use stones that are cut, when: building with bricks.
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jetty, mole, breakwater
jī Left: stone 石, right: table 几
Stones piled up like tables serve as jetty.
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silicon (chemistry)
guī Left: stone 石, right: piled earth 圭
The stones in the piled earth are: silicon.
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lumpy, rock pile, uneven, fig. sincere, open and honest
lěi
Triple stones 石 stands for lumpy or sincere.
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gravel, small stone
lì Left: stone 石, right: happy, laugh 乐 (A protected 厂 tree 木 is happy.)
(such beautiful round) Stones are happy, if they are gravel.
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mushroom
mó Top: plant 艹, bottom: to polish, sharpen 磨 (With hemp 麻 stones 石 can be polished.)
This plant grows at the hemp and looks like a stone: the mushroom.
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sulfur
huáng Left: stone 石, right: yellow 黄 (Together 共 the fields 田 [in autumn] turn yellow.)
The stone, that is yellow, is sulfur.
| 石 黄 |
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firm, stable, rock
pán Top: manner, kind 般 (The boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe  in hand 又 in particular manner.), bottom: stone 石
In a certain manner, stones are firm.
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room made of stone
diāo Left: stone 石, right: circumference 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference.)
When stones are in the circumference, the room is made of stones.
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iodine (chemistry)
diǎn Left: stone 石, right: standard work, ceremony 典 The writing tablets 冊 on the table  are a standard-work/canon - for the ceremony.)
The 'stone' for the ceremony is: the iodine
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millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
niǎn Left: stone 石, right: to exhibit 展 (For the buttocks 尸 they used grass 艹 to make clothes 衣, and this should be in an exhibition)
The stone that is (especially) exhibited is the millstone.
| 石 尸 共 衣 |
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pump
bèng Top: stone 石, bottom: water 水
Out of the stones you get the water with a pump.
| 石 水 |
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