Chinese Character Wiki
石

shí, dàn

stone

Pictograph of a musical stone chime. The 口 component was added later as a meaningless decorative mark.

Evolution

石 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
石 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
石 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
石 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
石 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

石  

shí

stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112; rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā​yīn]

石  

Shí

surname Shi

石  

dàn

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; ten pecks; one hundred liters

Most common words with 石
Freq.
Word
Meaning

石

rock

石头

stone

石油

oil

钻石

diamond

岩石

rock

Component uses

Sound component in 9 characters (4 verified)

度 硕 碩 庶 拓 斫 柘 炻 跖

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

声 段 叚 庶

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*dAk

dzyek

shí

stone


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 37.1616% of movies

835th most common character in movies

414th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+77F3

Shuowen

“石，山石也。在厂之下，口象形。”


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