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shí

stone

石 is a 5 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as shí in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as dàn.

It is made up of the components (one of the characters used in kwukyel , an ancient Korean writing system) and (opening).

  • ˊ

    shí

    stone

    • ㄏㄢ ˇ

      hǎn

      one of the characters used in kwukyel , an ancient Korean writing system

    • ㄎㄡ ˇ

      kǒu

      opening

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Looks like stone just fell out of a cliff.
by Prismcool

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John points at the <stone>r [dan]cing and says, "He's wearing the same [shi]rt as Charlie."
by vms5q

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 石

shí
dàn

Definitions for 石 pronounced as shí

  • surname Shi
  • rock
  • stone
  • stone inscription
  • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Definitions for 石 pronounced as dàn

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

Vocabulary

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