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石 means 'stone'

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Strokes : 5    Radical number: 112    Frequency: 233   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-5    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 19    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 244 words   Used in 651 words   Used in 5167 names   Component in 198 kanji (18 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セキ   シャク   コク
Kun
   いし stone
Additional readings
Name    いさ   いす   いわ   し   せっく   と
Notes
Find out about the stoniness inherent in such kanji as 砂 (sand) and 硬 (hard), as well as more unexpected characters, such as 確 (certain) and 磁 (magnetism).
Components
⿸  丆 whereupon one  口 mouth  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 石 is used 25 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
Across all words in Japanese, 石 is used 617 times, read 4 ways (with 6 variations).
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セキ : 352 words FIND ALL
せ き ゆ 0
noun
oil; petroleum; kerosene
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セキ (read as せっ) : 63 words FIND ALL
せ っ け ん 0
Most common form: 石けん
noun
soap
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シャク : 18 words FIND ALL
じ し ゃ く 1
1. magnet
2. compass
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コク : 5 words FIND ALL
こ く だ か 0
noun
1. (crop) yield
2. stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary
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シャク (read as じゃく) : 3 words FIND ALL
ば ん じ ゃ く 0
Most common form: 磐石
noun
1. huge rock
2. firmness; solidity
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コク (read as ごく) : 1 word FIND ALL
せ ん ご く ぶ ね 4
noun
large junk, with capacity for 1,000 koku of rice  (see also: 石)
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セキ (read as ぜき) : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: ニワゼキショウ
noun
blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)  (often written with kana only)
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いし : 168 words FIND ALL
い し 2
noun
1. stone
2. gem; jewel
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いわ: 3 words. FIND ALL
noun
1. rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water
2. pumice stone
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し: 3 words. FIND ALL
noun
1. var. of pottery from Hyogo prefecture
2. round balls made from eggs, flour, etc., (local food of Akashi)
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An additional 34 less common words include 石 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 72 (originally: 45)  Joy o' Kanji : 45  Key to Kanji: 614 

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石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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