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

15 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
Variants:
kiln, oven, furnace
Kun:
かま
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2072 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 窯業 【ヨウギョウ】 ceramics, ceramic industry
  • 窯変 【ヨウヘン】 deformation during firing (ceramics), color variation during firing
  • 瓦窯 【ガヨウ】 tile kiln
  • 官窯 【カンヨウ】 governmental porcelain furnace

Kun reading compounds

  • 窯 【かま】 stove, furnace, kiln
  • 窯元 【かまもと】 pottery (i.e. the place), potter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao2
Korean:
yo

Spanish

  • horno

Portuguese

  • fornalha
  • forno

French

  • four
  • four à poterie
  • fournaise
1881 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2045 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3336 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1821 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1599 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1789 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1925 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1900 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1458 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2986 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1528 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1337 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25594 Morohashi
2361 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4210 New Nelson (John Haig)
1325 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1423 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1788 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
740 2001 Kanji
3m12.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
2-11-4 SKIP code
3033.1 Four corner code
1-45-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7aaf Unicode hex code