# 石 — Stone

Frequency rank 319 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 張 (Stretch), less common than 工 (Construction).

- On’yomi: せき、しゃく
- Kun’yomi: いし
- Radical: 石 Stone (Kangxi 112)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The character 石 (stone) looks like a cliff with a square rock below — a heavy, angular stone sitting at the base of a cliff face.

In words:

- 石 いし — stone
- 石炭 せきたん — coal
- 石油 せきゆ — oil,petroleum,kerosene

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