shí

abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

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

cliff (厂) + chunk (口) = stone beneath the overhang

The cliff radical (厂) suggests a rocky overhang, and the square below (口) represents a boulder or chunk of rock sitting beneath it. Together they evoke stone found at the base of a cliff face.

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CliffSemantic
MouthSemantic

他在河边捡到了一块头。

tā zài hé biān jiǎn dào le yī kuài shí tou。

He picked up a stone by the river.

工人们用块铺成了这条小路。

gōng rén men yòng shí kuài pū chéng le zhè tiáo xiǎo lù。

The workers paved this path using stone blocks.

Words with 石

酒石酸

jiǔ shí suān

tartaric acid

重晶石

zhòng jīng shí

barite (geology)

金刚石

jīn gāng shí

diamond

金匮石室

jīn guì shí shì

variant of 金櫃石室|金柜石室[jin1 gui4 shi2 shi4]

金柜石室

jīn guì shí shì

safe places for storing important articles

金瓜石

jīn guā shí

Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)

金石

jīn shí

metal and stone

金石学

jīn shí xué

epigraphy

金石丝竹

jīn shí sī zhú

lit. (music instruments made of) metal, stone, string, and bamboo (idiom)

金石良言

jīn shí liáng yán

gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice

金红石

jīn hóng shí

(mineralogy) rutile

锆石

gào shí

zircon (colored crystal of zirconium silicate ZrSiO4)

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