Ancient carved pictogram that became 石

THE RADICAL SHED

The stone radical

Radical · rocks and hardness

石

A cliff with a stone below. Hard, solid, mineral things.

14 of the 29 characters that carry it

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码B3
号码hàomǎnumber密码mìmǎpassword扫码sǎomǎto scan a QR code or barcode二维码èrwéimǎQR code; two-dimensional barcode
矿B3
矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water采矿cǎikuàngto mine; to extract ore矿kuàngmineral deposit矿藏kuàngcángmineral resources
碗B3
碗wǎnbowl饭碗fànwǎnrice bowl
破B4
破pòbroken打破dǎpòto break破坏pòhuàito destroy; to damage破产pòchǎnto go bankrupt
确B4
确实quèshíindeed正确zhèngquècorrect准确zhǔnquèaccurate的确díquèreally
研B4
研究yánjiūresearch; to study研究生yánjiūshēnggraduate student调研diàoyánto investigate and research科研kēyánto do scientific research; scientific rese
硕B4
硕士shuòshìmaster's degree丰硕fēngshuòplentiful硕果shuòguǒmajor achievement; great work
础B4
基础jīchǔfoundation; base
石B5
石头shítoustone化石huàshífossil石油shíyóuoil绊脚石bànjiǎoshístumbling block
硬B5
硬yìnghard硬件yìngjiànhardware坚硬jiānyìnghard过硬guòyìngsolid; up to the mark
碰B5
碰pèngto bump碰见pèngjiànto run into碰撞pèngzhuàngto collide碰钉子pèng dīngzito meet with a rebuff
碎B5
碎suìto break into pieces; broken粉碎fěnsuìto crush零碎língsuìfragmentary; odds and ends破碎pòsuìto smash to pieces
碌B5
忙碌mánglùbusy
碍B6
妨碍fáng’àito hinder障碍zhàng’àibarrier阻碍zǔ’àito obstruct碍事àishìto be in the way
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