漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
碩: large, great
Also: eminent
JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
石 carries the meaning · 頁 is drawn in
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
セキseki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 碩学せきがくgreat scholar; profound scholar
- 碩儒せきじゅ(Confucian) scholar
Also read おおきい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine walking along a steep cliff and discovering a solid, square stone lying at the bottom. This is the essence of hardness and durability.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side碩 large · 石
vs煩 anxiety · 火In ChineseSimplified 硕 · traditional, as in Japanese · shuò
Japan keeps the traditional form 碩; mainland China simplifies it to 硕.
- Simplified
- 硕 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 碩 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shuò most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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