Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
stone
Kun:
いし
On:
セキシャクコク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 石 【セキ】 counter for jewels in a watch, counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
  • 石材 【セキザイ】 (building) stone
  • 一石 【イッセキ】 one game (of go)
  • 投石 【トウセキ】 stone throwing
  • 石神 【シャクジン】 stone which is worshipped, image of a god in stone
  • 石南花 【シャクナゲ】 rhododendron
  • 電磁石 【デンジシャク】 electromagnet
  • 界磁石 【カイジシャク】 field magnet
  • 石 【コク】 koku, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres, measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
  • 石高 【コクダカ】 (crop) yield, stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop), salary
  • 一石 【イッコク】 one koku (measure)

Kun reading compounds

  • 石 【いし】 stone, jewel, precious stone, flint (in a lighter), stone, stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.), calculus
  • 石垣 【いしがき】 stone wall
  • 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 敷石 【しきいし】 paving stone, pavement

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 いす、 いわ、 し、 せっく、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, dan4
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • piedra

Portuguese

  • pedra

French

  • pierre
44 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
45 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
276 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
102 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
78 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
78 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1397 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3689 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
114 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24024 Morohashi
2971 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3985 New Nelson (John Haig)
113 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
118 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
44 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3377 2001 Kanji
5a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
1026.0 Four corner code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77f3 Unicode hex code

16 strokes (also 17)
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
riddle, puzzle, enigma, hint, tip
Kun:
なぞ
On:
メイベイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2021 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 謎語 【メイゴ】 mysterious words, confusing words

Kun reading compounds

  • 謎 【なぞ】 riddle, puzzle, enigma, mystery, enigmatic, mysterious
  • 謎々 【なぞなぞ】 riddle, puzzle, enigma

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi2, mei4
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • adivinanza
  • acertijo
  • enigma
  • rompecabezas

Portuguese

French

1807 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4405 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2640 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
999 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1464 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
35800X Morohashi
5661 New Nelson (John Haig)
2709 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
994 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3064 2001 Kanji
7a9.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
0963.9 Four corner code
1-38-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b0e Unicode hex code