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石

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 319 / 2,608

Stone

On’yomi
せき、しゃく
Kun’yomi
いし
Radical
石 Stone (Kangxi 112)

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

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

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 stoneN4
石炭 せきたん coalN3
石油 せきゆ oil,petroleum,keroseneN3

石 is rank 319 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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