The Radical: 石


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stone    石

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 3
bowl, cup
wǎn
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone .), right: as if/similar (When I at home in the evening slump (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar)
They are made of stone(ware) and all are similar: The bowls and cups.

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JLPT HSK 4
foundation, base
chǔ
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: coming out (Two mountains coming out one after the other.)
The stone from which something comes out is: a foundation.

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JLPT HSK 4
to break, to tear, to defeat, worn out

Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone .), right: skin (A hand with a knife peels off the skin )
With a stone on the skin you cause tears and breaks.

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JLPT HSK 4
weight, code, number, to pile, to stack

Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: horse (=馬 with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
How many stones can a horse carry? - This weight is a code or a number.

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JLPT HSK 4
ore, mine
kuàng
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: building 广 (here: company with a small chimney )
Stones are processed in this company: an ore mine.
广
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JLPT HSK 4
to grind, study, to rub, research
yán
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: open, start (image of the entrance gate of a buddh. temple)
(Only polished gems show their beauty) A stone is "opened" when it is grinded to shine for being studied.

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JLPT HSK 4
sure, certain, authenticated, real
què
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: corner, angle, horn (image of a horn with head of an animal)
The stone hits the corner. Surely!

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JLPT HSK 4
huge, massive, large, big
shuò
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: page, leaf, head (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
A stone like a head such huge.

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JLPT HSK 5
hard, solid, stiff, firm, resolutely
yìng
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: further, more over (The sun goes with each unit of length further and more) [ = person with big step]
Stones are more over: hard and solid.

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JLPT HSK 5
to touch, to meet with, to bump
pèng
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: line up (originally: twice standing next to each others, now it is merged)
When stones are lined up, they touch.

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JLPT HSK 5
to break into pieces, fragmentary
suì
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: soldier, suddenly (Between rotary discs , are soldiers who die suddenly)
Stones between two rotary discs are broken into pieces.

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JLPT HSK 5
to hinder, to obstruct, to block
ài
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: sunrise , skillful hand
(Due to the articular gout) Like a stone is at sunrise my skillful hand: That hinders and obstructs.

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JLPT HSK 5
stone, rock, stone inscription, (100 liters)
dàn, shí
Top: var. of cliff , bottom: stone
Below the cliff are the stones.

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JLPT HSK 5
to chop, to cut down, to throw sth at sb
kǎn
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth)
If stones are lacking, you need to chop /cut down sth.

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JLPT HSK 6
magnetic, magnetism, porcelain

Left: stone , right: now, here (2x mysterious (Here: mounting bracket with two hanging threads )
These stones behave mysteriously (when hanging at treads), because they are: magnetic (or porcelain).

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JLPT HSK 6
to grind, polish, sharpen, wear down, waste time
mó, mò
Outside and top: hemp (The building 广 in the forest is for the hemp), below: stone
Use hemp on the stones for polishing.

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JLPT HSK 6
stele, an upright stone tablet, a monument
bēi
Left: stone , right: vulgar/low (A such untidy field is tenfold vulgar)
A stone regarded as ignoble is the stele.

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JLPT HSK 6
land clearing, to develop, to expand, open up (land)
tà, tuò
Left: hand , right: stone
The hand (removes) stones at the: land clearing.

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JLPT HSK 6
brick
zhuān
Left: stone , right: to be focused (The skier in the downhill-squat position with poles in the hands is focussed.)
A stone that is 'focused' is: the brick.

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JLPT HSK 6
to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong

Left: stone , right: 匝 (embracement , cloth
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.

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JLPT HSK 6
to employ, hire, to roll, record, write down

Left: stone , right: diary, record ("sqeeze out" = part of green 绿, where plant-fibers are squeezed by hand and green 绿 liquid drips out.)
A stone can be "squeezed" until it rolls, which is its employment.

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JLPT HSK 6
carbon (chem. element C)
tàn
Left: stone , right: (char-)coal (This mountain of the covered fire produces the charcoal.)
The 'stone'-alike charcoal consists of: carbon.

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JLPT HSK 6
1 pound (=454 grams), platform, balance, scales
bàng
Left: stone , right: one side, beside ([The servants] are in one direction (side) of the emperor [modified]: at his side.)
(He has a comparative weight for setting the standard:) The stone at the emperor's side serves as the weight of one pound.

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JLPT HSK 6
knock against sth hard, knock off (mud/dirt)

Left: stone , right: 盍 (leave, go away [Below ground is the nose , which has left], bowl )
Stones "leave" you and (fall) into the bowl, when you knock them off.

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JLPT HSK 6
consulting, deliberate, to polish
cuō
Left: stone , right: difference (A sheep with a bent leg and a craftsman : what a difference!)
Like stones, differences collide in: a consultation.

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JLPT HSK 6
rock, cliff
yán
Top: mountain , bottom: stone
In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock.

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JLPT no HSK
green jade, bluish green, blue, jade

Top: ambre (The king's white ), bottom: stone
But the king's white stone is green jade.

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JLPT no HSK
sand, gravel, granule
shā
Left: stone , right: few/little (A small stroke is too few)
If stones are made "fewer", you get sand.

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JLPT no HSK
sulfur (chemistry)
liú
Left: stone , right: (here as a var. of: 'to flow' ) ( = newborn baby [character for child upside down = coming with head first], [amniotic] fluid )
[melting point 115°C] The stone that can flow is sulphur.

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JLPT no HSK
dish, plate, disk (CD/DVD)
dié
Left: stone , right: (epoche , tree )
If it is made of stone it is used for generations, or it is made of wood: the dish.

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JLPT no HSK
sound of crashing, thunder (onomatopoeia) "Pēng!"
pēng
Left: stone , right: flat, equal
When stones (hit each other) flatly, it causes a: crash.

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JLPT no HSK
base, alkali, soda (chemistry)
jiǎn
Left: stone , right: salty (The taste is for the person (= & ) in the mouth like a halberd such salty.)
A stone, that is salty is: alcali/base.

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JLPT no HSK
reef, shoal rock
jiāo
Left: stone , right: scorch, burn, fret (The bird is on fire to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.

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JLPT no HSK
phosphorus (chemistry), water in rocks
lín
Left: stone , right: 粦 (rice , opposed [two twisted feed like at: to dance ])
(Think of phosphorus fertilizer) The 'stone' for the rice, that comes into furrows drawn by feet is the: Phosphorus.

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JLPT no HSK
saltpeter, to tan (leather)
xiāo
Left: stone , right: alike/resemble (Small bodies are alike.)
To a stone this looks 'alike', but it is: nitrate/saltpeter.

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JLPT no HSK
to build by laying bricks or stones

Left: stone , right: to cut (.. with seven swords )
Use stones that are cut, when: building with bricks.

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JLPT no HSK
jetty, mole, breakwater

Left: stone , right: table
Stones piled up like tables serve as jetty.

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JLPT no HSK
silicon (chemistry)
guī
Left: stone , right: piled earth
The stones in the piled earth are: silicon.

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JLPT no HSK
lumpy, rock pile, uneven, fig. sincere, open and honest
lěi

Triple stones stands for lumpy or sincere.
3
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JLPT no HSK
gravel, small stone

Left: stone , right: happy, laugh (A protected tree is happy.)
(such beautiful round) Stones are happy, if they are gravel.

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JLPT no HSK
mushroom

Top: plant , bottom: to polish, sharpen (With hemp stones can be polished.)
This plant grows at the hemp and looks like a stone: the mushroom.

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JLPT no HSK
sulfur
huáng
Left: stone , right: yellow (Together the fields [in autumn] turn yellow.)
The stone, that is yellow, is sulfur.

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JLPT no HSK
firm, stable, rock
pán
Top: manner, kind (The boat is built with a battle-axe in hand in particular manner.), bottom: stone
In a certain manner, stones are firm.

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JLPT no HSK
room made of stone
diāo
Left: stone , right: circumference (A framed luck , sets its circumference.)
When stones are in the circumference, the room is made of stones.

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JLPT no HSK
iodine (chemistry)
diǎn
Left: stone , right: standard work, ceremony The writing tablets on the table are a standard-work/canon - for the ceremony.)
The 'stone' for the ceremony is: the iodine

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JLPT no HSK
millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
niǎn
Left: stone , right: to exhibit (For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes , and this should be in an exhibition)
The stone that is (especially) exhibited is the millstone.

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JLPT no HSK
pump
bèng
Top: stone , bottom: water
Out of the stones you get the water with a pump.

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