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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 基石

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
基石 jī shí - foundation stone; cornerstone
- (fig.) basis; foundation

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,835 18,723 21,396

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (bound form) base; foundation
- (bound form) radical (chemistry)
- (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
shí- surname Shi
- abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2jia1zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
dàn- dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters
- ancient pr. [shi2]
shí- rock
- stone
- stone inscription
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Other Words Containing 基石

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
基石 - - 17,835 18,723 21,396
奠基石 - - 42,285 90,992 62,130