小石

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	石
こ Grade: 1	いし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
礫 (uncommon) 磊 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 石 (ishi, “stone, rock”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こいし [kòíshí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞iɕi]

Noun

小(こ)石(いし) • (koishi)

pebble, stone

Proper noun

小(こ)石(いし) • (Koishi)

a surname
Also variously spelled as 子石, 小岩, 孕石, 輿石, 興石, 古石, 磊

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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