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石 = 厂 + 口

石 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stone”. It is built from 厂 (cliff) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 118. It appears as a component in 31 other characters in this index.

Keyword
stone
RTK frame
118
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セキ, シャク, コク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
rock, камень
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
石 stone

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 厂 cliff
  2. 口 mouth

Characters that contain 石

How to find 石 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cliff” + “mouth”. 石 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 石 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.