Kanji: 石

    • Meaning : stone
    • ON reading : セキ,シャク,コク
    • KUN reading : いし
    • Nanori : いさ,いす,いわ,し,せっく,と
    • Stroke count : 5
    • Frequency of use ranking : 342
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 2
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • - かざりいし - semi-precious stone/ornate stone/embellished stone
  • - あみいし - stone(s) used to weigh down a fishing net
  • - せきしょう - Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)
  • ず - ひとぼくせきにあらず - Man is made of flesh and blood
  • - じせき - otolith (part of inner ear)/statolith/statoconium
  • - あかしがた - akashigata camelia/Camellia japonica var.
  • - あずましゃくなげ | アズマシャクナゲ - Azuma rhododendron/Rhododendron metternichii var.
  • | き - あかしやき - var. of pottery from Hyogo prefecture | round balls made from eggs, flour, etc., (local food of Akashi)
  • - はくさんしゃくなげ | ハクサンシャクナゲ - Hakusan rhododendron/Rhododendron metternichii var.
  • - ほんしゃくなげ | ホンシャクナゲ - Rhododendron metternichii
  • | - ちょういし - roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters)
  • - つくししゃくなげ | ツクシシャクナゲ - Tsukushi rhododendron/Rhododendron metternichii var.
  • - きばなしゃくなげ - Kibana rhododendron/Rhododendron metternichii var.
  • - ほういじしゃく - compass
  • - ちょうせきそとば - stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach
  • - おしいし - stone weight
  • - いっせきにちょう - killing two birds with one stone
  • - いっせき - one game (of go)
  • - えいこくせきゆ - British Petroleum/BP
  • - けしょうせっけん - toilet soap
  • - かせきそう - fossil bed
  • - かせき - fossil/petrifaction/fossilization/fossilisation
  • - したいし - nether millstone
  • - かせきねんりょう - fossil fuel
  • - かせきがく - paleontology
  • | | - ひうちいし | すいせき - flint
  • - かいせきりょうり - tea-ceremony dishes | traditional Japanese meal brought in courses
  • - わりぐりいし - crushed rock/macadam
  • - かっせき - talc
  • - かっせきこ - talcum powder
  • - がんせき - rock
  • - まるといし - grindstone
  • - まるいし - boulder/cobble
  • | | - いわや - cavern/grotto
  • - がんせきけん - lithosphere
  • - きせき - pyroxene/augite
  • - きせき - cornerstone/foundation stone
  • - きくいし - ammonite (traditional name)
  • - きょせき - megalith
  • - きゅうせっきじだい - old stone age/paleolithic
  • - きょせききねんぶつ - megalith
  • - ぎょくせき - gems and stones/wheat and tares
  • - たまいし - pebble/round stone/boulder
  • | - ぎょくせきこんこう - mixture of the good and bad/jumble of wheat and tares
  • - こんごうせき - diamond
  • - ちょうふんせき - guano
  • - びかせき - microfossil
  • - ふんせき - coproma (hardened feces inside the colon)/fecaloma/stercoroma | coprolite
  • - じんけっせき - kidney stone/kidney stones/renal calculus
  • - けっせき - calculus (concretion of minerals formed inside the body)
  • - かるいし - pumice stone
  • - げっちょうせき - moonstone
  • - げんせいがんせき - primary rocks
  • - ふんかせき - coprolite | guano
  • - いしみち - stony path/stony road
  • - ごいし - Go piece(s)/Go stone(s)
  • - くじゃくせき - malachite
  • - こうせき - ore/mineral/crystal
  • - くろこんごうせき - black diamond/carbon/carbonado
  • - ごうせいほうせき - synthetic gems
  • - すいせき - viewing stone
  • - こくようせき - obsidian
  • - らせき - loose stone/unset jewel
  • - いわしみずまつり | いわしみずさい - Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)
  • - きせき - rare stone/special stone/strange stone
  • にかじりついてでも | いてでも | りついてでも - いしにかじりついてでも - (to get something done) even if through hell and high water
  • - さいせき - broken stone/rubble
  • - ほうせきはた | ホウセキハタ - brown-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus chlorostigma)
  • - しせき - dental calculus (calcified deposits that accumulate on the teeth)/tartar (of the teeth)
  • - しきんせき - touchstone/test case
  • - せきひ - stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
  • - じしゃく | じせき - magnet | compass
  • - しゃしんせきばん - photolithography
  • - しゅせきさん - tartaric acid
  • さじ | - いしさじ - stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
  • - おもしいし - stone weights on pickle-tub covers
  • | - こいし - pebble
  • - しょうせき - saltpeter
  • - うわいし - upper millstone
  • | - しょうにゅうせき - stalactite
  • - せきえん - rock salt/halite
  • - しんせっきじだい - new stone age/neolithic
  • せっけん | | けん - せっけんせき - soapstone
  • - じんぞうせきゆ - synthetic oil
  • - きんせきへいようじだい - Chalcolithic period (i.e. the Copper Period)
  • モンモリロン - モンモリロンせき - montmorillonite
  • 綿 - せっかいかいめん - calcareous sponge (any sponge of class Calcarea)
  • - じんぞうほうせき - artificial jewels
  • | - いさごむし - caddis worm/caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
  • ピーク - せきゆピーク - peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)
  • - しゅせき - tartar (as formed during the fermentation of wine, etc.)
  • - せいせっかい - quick lime
  • - いし - stone | gem/jewel
  • - せっか - mineralization/mineralisation/petrifaction/fossilization/fossilisation
  • - せっかん | せきかん - sarcophagus/stone coffin
  • | けん - せっけん - soap
  • | - いしもち | イシモチ - white croaker/blue drum (Pennahia argentata)
  • り - いしきり - stone-cutting/quarrying/stone-cutter
  • - せきゆげんもう - oil depletion
  • - せきえい - quartz
  • - いしがき - stone wall
  • - いしばし | せっきょう - stone bridge
  • - せっこう - plaster/gypsum/calcium sulphate (sulfate)
  • - いしだたみ - stone paving
  • - せきたんさん - phenol/carbolic acid
  • - いしあたま - inflexible person
  • - いしべきんきち - man of incorruptible character
  • - せきゆ - oil/petroleum/kerosene
  • - きんせきへいようき - Chalcolithic period (i.e. the Copper Period)
  • - いしうす - stone mortar/millstone
  • - せっかい | いしばい - lime/quicklime/caustic lime
  • - いしがめ - var. of turtle (clemmys japonica)
  • - いしく | せっこう - mason/stonemason
  • り - いしけり - hopscotch
  • - せきたん - coal
  • | | | - いしどうろう | いしとうろう - stone lantern
  • - せきひ - stone monument
  • - いしき - stone tree
  • - あおさ - type of green algae
  • | - とびけら | トビケラ - caddisfly/caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)
  • | - こく - measure of volume (approx. 180.39 liters, 6.37 cub. ft.) | measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
  • - せっか - flint fire/flash
  • - せっきじだい - Stone Age
  • - せっけんすい - soapy water
  • - いしむろ - stone hut
  • - いしかわけん - Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
  • - せきてい - rock garden
  • - せきばんが - lithograph
  • - いしべい - stone wall
  • - せきじゅん - stalagmite
  • - いしだん - (flight of) stone steps
  • - うぐい | ウグイ - Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
  • - せきぶつ | いしぼとけ - stone Buddhist image
  • - せきゆこうだん - Japan National Oil Corporation
  • - せきもんしんがく - Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
  • - きりいし - hewn stone/quarried stone
  • - せんごくぶね - large junk
  • - そせき - foundation stone/cornerstone
  • - いしぶろ - stone bathtub | steam bath taken inside a cavern or stone chamber
  • - きせきあんざんがん - pyroxene andesite
  • - しゅせきえい - cream of tartar/potassium hydrogen tartrate
  • - かくせんせき - amphibole
  • - いしちどり | イシチドリ - stone curlew/thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
  • - せいこんかせき - trace fossil
  • - いしへん - kanji "stone" radical at left
  • - いしのおび - special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels
  • - ろせき - halide
  • - たざんのいし - object lesson/food for thought
  • - たいせき - (terminal) moraine
  • - せきたい - special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels
  • - だいりせき - marble
  • - だいいし - stone pedestal
  • - せきゆけつがん - oil shale
  • - たんじょうせき - a birthstone
  • - たんせき - gallstones
  • - すずいし - cassiterite
  • - じょうせき - established tactic/play by the book
  • - ちゅうせき - pillar/cornerstone
  • - そうちょうせき - albite
  • - ふでいし - graptolite (extinct Paleozoic era invertebrate)
  • - つけものいし - weight stone (placed on pickles)
  • - しゃちょうせき - plagioclase feldspar
  • - といし - whetstone/grindstone
  • - てっこうせき - iron ore
  • - でんこうせっか - lightning speed
  • - でんじしゃく - electromagnet
  • - どせき - earth and stones
  • - とうせき - soapstone
  • - とうせき - stone throwing
  • - やけいしにみず - something bound to fail due to inadequate effort, assistance, etc. (lit: like trying to cool a hot stone with a couple of drops of water)
  • きた - いきたかせき - living fossil/relict
  • - いしじぞう - stone statue of Jizo | taciturn person or someone disinterested in romance
  • - にゅうせきえい - milky quartz
  • - せきゆせいひん - petroleum products/petrochemical products
  • 穿つ - あまだれいしをうがつ - slow but steady wins the race/constant effort will result in success (lit: constant dripping wears away a stone)
  • にも - いしのうえにもさんねん - perseverance prevails (lit: even the coldest rock will get warm if sat on for three years)
  • - ねこもくせき | ねこめいし - cat's-eye (in road)/quartz reflector
  • - はんきせき - semiprecious stones
  • いてる - いしばしをたたいてわたる - being excessively cautious (lit: knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it)
  • - かいせき - simple meal eaten before tea is served
  • にかじりついても | りついても - いしにかじりついても - (to get something done) even if through hell and high water
  • - ちゃかいせき - simple meal eaten before tea is served
  • れにす - いしにくちすすぎながれにまくらす - refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
  • れてむ - いしがながれてこのはがしずむ - there are exceptions to every rule (lit: rocks will flow and leaves will sink)
  • - くろいし - black stone | black (go pieces)
  • - せきゆがいしゃ - oil company
  • - いしかりなべ - Ishikari stew/salmon stew/salmon and vegetable stew with miso and butter
  • - ふせき - strategic arrangement of go stones/preparation
  • - しろいし - white stone | white (go pieces)
  • 尿 - にょうろけっせき - urinary tract stone
  • - せっかいしつ - calcareous/chalky
  • - ほうせき - gem/jewel
  • - ほせき - paving stone
  • - てっしんせきちょう - will of iron
  • - てっせきしんちょう - will of iron
  • 綿 - いしわたかなあみ - asbestos coated wire mesh (was used in schools as test equipment)
  • ビビンバ - いしやきビビンバ - stone-roasted bibimbap/Korean style rice (bibimbap) heated in a stone pot
  • - ぼんせき - tray-landscape foundation stone
  • - いしびつ | せきひつ - box-shaped funerary urn made of stone
  • - とぎいし - whetstone/grindstone
  • - きゅうせっき - paleolith
  • - おおいし - large stone or boulder | go (game) term
  • - ぼくせき - trees and stones | unfeeling person
  • | - とびいしれんきゅう - series of holidays with one or two workdays in between
  • - じじゅんかせき - index fossil (fossil which suggests a date of the formation of a rock stratum)/key fossil/leading fossil
  • - らくせき - falling rocks/fallen rocks
  • - せきざいてんじゅうぎょういん - stone dealer
  • | | | - ひざらがい | じいがせ | ヒザラガイ - chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora)/sea cradle | Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
  • - かなめいし - keystone
  • | さざれ | - さざれいし - pebbles/gravel | boulder formed from gravel and sediment
  • - たていしでんき - original name for Omron Corporation
  • - さすが - clever/adept/good/expectations/as one would expect
  • - ちからいし - lifting stone
  • - りんかいせき - phosphoric
  • | - とかげ | せきえき - lizard
  • - へんせいせき - lapis lazuli
  • さず | むさず - てんせきこけむさず - a rolling stone gathers no moss
  • - おうぎょくせき | こうぎょくせき - topaz
  • | いん - いんせき - meteorite
  • - てんせき - rolling stone
  • 綿 - いしわた | せきめん - asbestos
  • - ぼせき | はかいし - tombstone/gravestone
  • | | ケイ - けいせき | ケイせき - silica
  • - せっかく - stone burial chamber
  • - ちょろぎ | ちょうろぎ | チョロギ - Chinese artichoke
  • | - とびいし - stepping-stones
  • | - ばんじゃく - huge rock/firmness
  • - いしろう - jail (gaol) made by placing bars across a cave entrance/cave-prison
  • - せっこく - stone carving or engraving
  • ザクロ | - ざくろいし | ザクロいし - garnet
  • - つわぶき - Japanese silver leaf/Farfugium japonicum
  • - いっこく - one koku (measure)
  • - しゃくなげ - rhododendron
  • - せきぞう - stone-built
  • - ちゅうせっきじだい - Mesolithic age/Middle Stone Age
  • き - いしづき - shoe/ferrule (of an umbrella)/butt end (of a lance)/hard tip (of mushroom)
  • - ちょうせき - feldspar
  • - きんせき - minerals and rocks/metal and stone utensils | epigraph
  • - いしじき - stone paving/stone paved area
  • - せっこくぶん - stone inscription/epigraphy
  • ザクロ - はいてつザクロいし - andradite
  • - くかいせき - dolomite
  • ぜず - てんせきこけをしょうぜず - a rolling stone gathers no moss
  • - せっかいすい - limewater
  • - しきいし - paving stone/pavement
  • - きんせきぶん - epigraph on a stone monument/ancient inscriptions on monuments
  • - くりいし - cobblestone
  • り - いしずり - print from stone/rubbing/rubbed copy
  • - せきぼく - graphite/black lead
  • - せきたんがら - coal cinders
  • - しゃくじん | いしがみ - stone which is worshipped/image of a god in stone
  • - ほうせきてん - jewelry store/jewellery store
  • - せきぞう - stone statue
  • | ころ - せっかい | いしくれ | いしころ - stone/rock/pebble
  • - せきちゅう - stone pillar
  • - こくだか - (crop) yield | stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop)/salary
  • 穿 - てんてきせんせき - constant dripping wears away the stone/little strokes fell great oaks/limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats
  • - ちんりゅうそうせき - sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
  • - げんせき - (raw) ore
  • - やくせきむこう - neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient
  • - ませいせっき - ground stoneware
  • - かいせき - oddly shaped stone or rock
  • - きんせきがく - epigraphy
  • - そうせきちんりゅう - sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
  • - げんしょうせき - type of slate (from Miyagi pref.)
  • - ぎゃくせいせっけん - positive or antiseptic soap
  • - とうせきき - a catapult/sling
  • - こなせっけん - soap powder
  • い - とびいしづたい - crossing via stepping-stones
  • - いしやま - a stony mountain
  • - いしびや - ancient type of cannon
  • - せっかいがん - limestone
  • - せきちくいろ - light pink (color, colour)
  • め - いしこづめ - burying alive beneath stones
  • | - いしぶみ - stone monument bearing an inscription
  • - せっかいにゅう - milk of lime
  • - せきちく | セキチク - China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
  • - せきばん - a lithograph/lithography
  • - せきたんき - the Carboniferous Period
  • り - いしづくり - (made of) stone
  • き - いしやき - baking by means of hot stones or pebbles
  • | | - ざくろ | せきりゅう | じゃくろ - pomegranate/Punica granatum
  • - せきろう - paraffin
  • - みかげいし - granite
  • - あぶらといし - oilstone
  • - せきふ - stone axe (ax)
  • - せきたんそう - a coal bed
  • - いしざいく - masonry
  • - いしやきいも - sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles
  • - せっき - stone implement
  • れ - せっけんいれ - soap dish or box
  • | - いしゆみ - crossbow (inc. large models operated by a number of people) | netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net | slingshot/catapult
  • - いしがっせん - a stone-throwing fight
  • - せっかいひりょう - lime or calcium fertilizer/lime or calcium fertiliser
  • - せきざい - (building) stone
  • - せきゆかがく - petrochemistry
  • - いしや - stone dealer
  • み - いしぐみ - arrangement of stones in a garden
  • - せきひつ - a slate pencil
  • - せきぞく - a flint arrowhead
  • き - せっけんおき - soap dish or box
  • - どせきりゅう - avalanche of earth and rocks
  • - いしきりば - a quarry/stone pit
  • - せっかいせき - limestone
  • - せっかいどう - limestone cave
  • - せきざいしょう - a stone dealer
  • | - せきばん - a slate
  • - いしこ - stone or feldspar or limestone dust or powder
  • - せきとう - stone monument or pagoda
  • - しゃくなげ - rhododendron/Rhododendron metternichii
  • - いしだい - striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
  • - せっけんばこ - soap dish or box
  • - ほうかいせき - calcite
  • - いしかべ | せきへき - stone wall/dry wall | rocky cliff/stone precipice
  • - えいきゅうじしゃく - permanent magnet
  • - ぼうこうけっせき - bladder stones/cystoliths
  • - すていし - (in the game of go) a sacrificed stone/ornamental garden stone
  • - せきゆたんさ - oil exploration
  • - せきゆせいせい - oil refining
  • - いしがに - stone crab
  • - じんせき - kidney stone/renal calculus
  • - じんぞうけっせき - kidney stone/renal calculus
  • - ぼうじしゃく - bar magnet
  • - さいせき - quarrying
  • ブーム - せきゆブーム - oil boom
  • - やけいし - hot or heated stone
  • - しょうせっかい - slaked lime
  • - ふみいし - stepping stone
  • - ひせき - stone monument
  • ショック - せきゆショック - oil shock
  • - せきゆびちく - oil reserve
  • - じゃもんせき - serpentine
  • - にわいし - garden stone
  • - えいきゅうじしゃくはつでんき - permanent magnet generator
  • - かいじゅうせき - scheelite
  • - かいじしゃく - field magnet
  • - かりんさんせっかい - superphosphate of lime
  • - りょうにせんせき - competent local official
  • - てっせき - iron and stone/iron will
  • モナズ - モナズいし - monazite
  • - いせき - gastrolith
  • - じしゃくばん - magnetic compass
  • - かせきるいじんえん - anthropoid fossil
  • - てっせきしん - iron will
  • - かいほうせき - sepiolite
  • - きがんかいせき - strangely shaped rocks and bizarre stones
  • - かせきじんるい - fossil men
  • - おんじゃく - heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)
  • - かすみいし - nepheline
  • クレゾール - クレゾールせっけんえき - saponated cresol solution
  • | - だいばんじゃく - large rock/rock-solid
  • - おきいし - garden stone
  • | - ほたるいし | けいせき - fluorite/fluorspar
  • - やくようせっけん - medicinal soap
  • カリ - カリちょうせき - potash feldspar
  • ソーダ - ソーダせっかい - soda lime
  • トルコ - トルコいし - turquoise
  • - たんせきしょう - gallstones/cholelithiasis
  • - ひょうせき - boundary or milepost stone
  • カリ - カリせっけん - potash soap
  • - ろうせき - agalmatolite
  • チリ - チリしょうせき - Chile saltpeter
  • フェライト - フェライトじしゃく - ferrite magnet
  • - ほうせきしょう - jeweler/gem dealer/jeweler's (jewelry) shop
  • | まず | - うまずめ | せきじょ - barren (sterile) woman
  • - かんらんせき - olivine/peridot
  • - ぼくせきかん - unfeeling or callous person
  • - ぞうこくだか - brew/brewing
  • - あまだれいし - dripstone
  • - ぞうこくぜい - brewing tax
  • - りょくぎょくせき - emerald
  • - せきゆきき - oil crisis
  • - せんたくせっけん - laundry soap/detergent
  • - りょくちゅうせき - beryl
  • | し - おもし - stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers) | weight (as used in balances)
  • - たていし - milestone/standing stone
  • - ほうせきばこ - jewel box (case, casket)
  • - せっこうぞう - plaster figure (bust)
  • - がんせきがく - petrology
  • | - くつぬぎいし - stepping stone
  • - えんせき - curb (stone)
  • - はくうんせき - dolomite
  • - せんせき - springs and rocks
  • - せっけんこうじょう - soap works
  • く - やくせきこうなく - no medical treatment having proved effective
  • - らんしょうせき - cyanite
  • - さいせきじょう - quarry/stone pit
  • う - いしをひろう - to pick up a stone
  • - かたいいし - hard stone
  • - こうせき - mineral/ore
  • - こっかのちゅうせき - pillar of state
  • - せきたんのそう - coal seam/coal bed
  • - せきゆおう - oil magnate
  • - せっけんのあわ - soapsuds/lather
  • けん | - せっけんざら - soap-dish
  • - せきてい - The Sekitei (name of an inn)
  • - だつせきゆ - extrication from dependence on oil
  • - とぎいし - knife sharpener/whetstone
  • - どだいいし - cornerstone/foundation stone