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Kanji for Stone
The kanji for “stone” is 石, read seki and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
stone
A stone; steady and strong.
Japan's national anthem, Kimigayo, poeticizes pebbles growing into mighty moss-covered boulders (Sazare-ishi) over endless eras.
5 strokes On reading セキ、シャク、コク (seki, shaku, koku) Kun reading いし (ishi) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: stone
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ishi, seki
In Japan it appears in about 261 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 石: Isidro 石登路 · Isidora 石登良
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