Moto 石: StoneKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セキ、シャク、コク
- Kun'yomi
- いし
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 810 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セキ・シャク・コク)
- 石油せきゆoil; petroleum
- 石こくkoku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres
- 化石かせきfossil
- 石炭せきたんcoal
- 宝石ほうせきgem; jewel
- 土石どせきearth and stones
- 布石ふせきstrategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves
- 石器せっきstone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool
- 石神しゃくじんstone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone
- 一石いっせきone game (of go)
- 試金石しきんせきtouchstone; Lydian stone
- 磁石じしゃくmagnet
- 金石きんせきminerals and rocks; metal and stone utensils
- 大理石だいりせきmarble
- 岩石がんせきrock
- 石材せきざい(building) stone
- 一石二鳥いっせきにちょうkilling two birds with one stone
- 墓石ぼせきtombstone; gravestone
- 石室せきしつstone hut; rock chamber
- 石灰せっかいlime; quicklime
- 胆石たんせきgallstones
- 投石とうせきstone throwing
- 原石げんせき(raw) ore
- 定石じょうせきstandard practice; playing by the book
- 懐石料理かいせきりょうりtraditional Japanese meal brought in courses
- 採石さいせきquarrying
- 旧石器時代きゅうせっきじだいPaleolithic; Palaeolithic
- 生石灰せいせっかいquick lime
- 盤石ばんじゃくhuge rock
- 石仏せきぶつstone Buddhist image
- 石像せきぞうstone statue
- 石器時代せっきじだいStone Age
- 石棺せっかんsarcophagus; stone coffin
- 石灰岩せっかいがんlimestone
- 石碑せきひstone monument
- 石英せきえいquartz
- 石造せきぞうstone-built
- 石鹸せっけんsoap
- 砕石さいせきcrushed stone; macadam
- 礎石そせきfoundation stone; cornerstone
- 結石けっせきcalculus (concretion of minerals formed inside the body)
- 落石らくせきfalling rocks; fallen rocks
- 鉱石こうせきore; mineral
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 石橋いしばしstone bridge
- 石垣いしがきstone wall
- 他山の石たざんのいしlesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson
- 小石こいしpebble
- 捨て石すていしornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock
- 焼け石やけいしhot stone; heated stone
- 石ころいしころstone; rock
- 石山いしやまstony mountain
- 石段いしだん(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
- 石畳いしだたみstone paving; cobble paving
- 石組みいしぐみarrangement of stones in a garden
- 石綿いしわたasbestos
- 石造りいしづくり(made of) stone; stone-built
- 石頭いしあたまobstinate person; stubbornness
- 軽石かるいしpumice stone
Other readings
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