字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE乙3212 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Nature & Elements
石 stone
いし ishi · as a side part いしへん ishihen
5 strokesRadical of 19 kanjiPart of 21
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Representation of a qing (磬). 口 was subsequently added as a decorative element.
Source: Wiktionary, 石 (rev. 92618269), CC BY-SA 4.0
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. It’s the material ancient people used to build their foundations, sharpen their tools, and carve their secrets.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates minerals, rocks, hardness, or objects made of stone, gems, or tiles
What it grows into
- 確assuranceカク · たしか
- 砂sandサ · すな
石 + 少sound
Originally, this character was a variant form of 沙, a Pictogram (象形) that represents the appearance of sand along a riverbank.
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 破rendハ · やぶる
石 + 皮sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Every kanji with 石 as its radical
All 19 kanji