石

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.

厂+口→石
厂CliffSemantic
口MouthSemantic

他在河边捡到了一块石头。

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

He picked up a stone by the river.

工人们用石块铺成了这条小路。

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

The workers paved this path using stone blocks.

Words with 石

石板

shí bǎn

slab

石质

shí zhì

stony

中石化

zhōng shí huà

abbr. for 中國石油化工股份有限公司|中国石油化工股份有限公司

石景山

shí jǐng shān

see 石景山區|石景山区[Shi2 jing3 shan1 Qu1]

石门

shí mén

see 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 Xian4]

岩石圈

yán shí quān

(geology) lithosphere

一石二鸟

yī shí èr niǎo

to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)

石首市

shí shǒu shì

Shishou, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei

石城

shí chéng

see 石城縣|石城县[Shi2 cheng2 Xian4]

离石

lí shí

Lishi district of Lüliang city 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu:3 liang2 shi4], Shanxi 山西

土石方

tǔ shí fāng

excavated soil and rock

石泉

shí quán

Shiquan County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi

More characters with 厂

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