The Chinese Radical: 石


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stone    石

Explanation Shows a variation of cliff 厂 with a stone 囗 below.

Used in these characters:
碗
JLPT HSK 3
bowl, cup
wǎn
石 宛 宀 夗
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.  
础
JLPT HSK 4
foundation, base
chǔ
石 出
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.  
破
JLPT HSK 4
to break, to tear, to defeat, worn out
pò
石 皮
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口.), right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 peels off the animal the skin 厂 with a knife 丨.)
With a stone on the skin you cause tears and breaks.  
码
JLPT HSK 4
weight, code, number, to pile, to stack
mǎ
石 馬
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: horse 马 (=馬 with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)
How many stones can a horse carry? - This weight is a code or a number.  
矿
JLPT HSK 4
ore, mine
kuàng
石 广 厂
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.  
研
JLPT HSK 4
to grind, study, to rub, research
yán
石 开
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: open, start 开 (image of the entrance gate of a buddhistic temple)
(Only polished gems show their beauty.) A stone is "opened" when it is grinded to shine for being studied.  
确
JLPT HSK 4
sure, certain, authenticated, real
què
石 角
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!  
硕
JLPT HSK 4
huge, massive, large, big
shuò
石 頁
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.  
硬
JLPT HSK 5
hard, solid, stiff, firm, resolutely
yìng
石 更 丈
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.  
碰
JLPT HSK 5
to touch, to meet with, to bump
pèng
石 立 並
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: line up 並 (originally: twice standing 立立 next to each others, now it is merged)
When stones are lined up, they touch.  
碎
JLPT HSK 5
to break into pieces, fragmentary
suì
石 卒 亠
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.  
碍
JLPT HSK 5
to hinder, to obstruct, to block
ài
石 旦 寸
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
JLPT HSK 5
stone, rock, stone inscription, (100 liters)
dàn, shí
石
Top: var. of cliff 厂, bottom: stone 口
Below the cliff are the stones.  
砍
JLPT HSK 5
to chop, to cut down, to throw sth at sb
kǎn
石 欠
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth)
(In a quarry:) If stones are lacking, you need to chop /cut down sth.  
磁
JLPT HSK 6
magnetic, magnetism, porcelain
cí
石 兹
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).  
磨
JLPT HSK 6
to grind, polish, sharpen, wear down, waste time
mó, mò
麻 林 石
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. (by rubbing: 摩)  
碑
JLPT HSK 6
stele, an upright stone tablet, a monument
bēi
石 卑
Left: stone 石, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar)
A stone regarded as ignoble is the stele.  
拓
JLPT HSK 6
land clearing, to develop, to expand, open up (land)
tà, tuò
扌 石
Left: hand 扌, right: stone 石
The hand (removes) stones at the: land clearing.  
砖
JLPT HSK 6
brick
zhuān
石 专
Left: stone 石, right: to be focused 专 (The skier 专 in the downhill-squat position with poles 二 in the hands is focussed.)
A stone that is 'focused' is: the brick.  
砸
JLPT HSK 6
to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong
zá
石 匚 巾
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.  
碌
JLPT HSK 6
to employ, hire, to roll, record, write down
lù
石 录
Left: stone 石, right: diary, record 录 ("squeeze 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" (= cut in that shape) until it rolls, which is its employment.  
碳
JLPT HSK 6
carbon (chem. element C)
tàn
石 山 灰
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.  
磅
JLPT HSK 6
1 pound (=454 grams), platform, balance, scales
bàng
石 旁
Left: stone 石, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.)
(He has a comparative weight for setting the standard:) The stone at the emperor's side serves as the weight of one pound.  
磕
JLPT HSK 6
knock against sth hard, knock off (mud/dirt)
kē
石 去 皿
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.  
磋
JLPT HSK 6
consulting, deliberate, to polish
cuō
石 差
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.  
岩
JLPT HSK 6
rock, cliff
yán
山 石
Top: mountain 山, bottom: stone 石
In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock.  
碧
JLPT no HSK
green jade, bluish green, blue, jade
bì
石 玉 白
Top: ambre 珀 (The king's 王 white 白), bottom: stone 石
But the king's white stone is green jade.  
砂
JLPT no HSK
sand, gravel, granule
shā
石 少
Left: stone 石, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few.)
If stones are made "fewer", you get sand.  
硫
JLPT no HSK
sulfur (chemistry)
liú
石 㐬 川
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 sulfur.  
碟
JLPT no HSK
dish, plate, disk (CD/DVD)
dié
石 枼
Left: stone 石, right: 枼 (epoch 世, tree 木)
If it is made of stone it is used for generations, or it is made of wood: the dish.  
砰
JLPT no HSK
sound of crashing, thunder (onomatopoeia) "Pēng!"
pēng
石 平
Left: stone 石, right: flat, equal 平
When stones (hit each other) flatly, it causes a: crash.  
碱
JLPT no HSK
base, alkali, soda (chemistry)
jiǎn
石 咸 戎
Left: stone 石, right: salty 咸 (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty.)
A stone, that is salty is: alcali/base.  
礁
JLPT no HSK
reef, shoal rock
jiāo
石 焦 隹 灬
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.  
磷
JLPT no HSK
phosphorus (chemistry), water in rocks
lín
石 米 舛
Left: stone 石, right: 粦 (rice 米, opposed 舛 [two twisted feed like at: to dance 舞])
(Think of phosphorus fertilizer) The 'stone' for the rice, that comes into furrows drawn by feet is the: Phosphorus.  
硝
JLPT no HSK
saltpeter, to tan (leather)
xiāo
石 肖
Left: stone 石, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
To a stone this looks 'alike', but it is: nitrate/saltpeter.  
砌
JLPT no HSK
to build by laying bricks or stones
qì
石 切
Left: stone 石, right: to cut 切 (.. with seven 七 swords 刀)
Use stones that are cut, when: building with bricks.  
矶
JLPT no HSK
jetty, mole, breakwater
jī
石 几
Left: stone 石, right: table 几
Stones piled up like tables serve as jetty.  
硅
JLPT no HSK
silicon (chemistry)
guī
石 圭
Left: stone 石, right: piled earth 圭
The stones in the piled earth are: silicon.  
磊
JLPT no HSK
lumpy, rock pile, uneven, fig. sincere, open and honest
lěi
石 3

Triple stones 石 stands for lumpy or sincere.  
砾
JLPT no HSK
gravel, small stone
lì
石 乐
Left: stone 石, right: happy, laugh 乐 (A protected 厂 tree 木 is happy.)
(Such beautiful round) Stones are happy, if they are gravel.  
蘑
JLPT no HSK
mushroom
mó
艹 麻 石
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.  
磺
JLPT no HSK
sulfur
huáng
石 黄
Left: stone 石, right: yellow 黄 (Together 共 the fields 田 [in autumn] turn yellow.)
The stone, that is yellow, is sulfur.  
磐
JLPT no HSK
firm, stable, rock
pán
舟 般 殳 石
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.  
碉
JLPT no HSK
room made of stone
diāo
石 周
Left: stone 石, right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.)
When stones are in the circumference, the room is made of stones.  
碘
JLPT no HSK
iodine (chemistry)
diǎn
石 冊
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: iodine.  
碾
JLPT no HSK
millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
niǎn
石 尸 共 衣
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.  
泵
JLPT no HSK
pump
bèng
石 水
Top: stone 石, bottom: water 水
Out of the stones you get the water with a pump.  

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