Chinese symbol for “boulder”
磐石
pán shí
boulder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for boulder is 磐石 (pán shí), defined as: boulder.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “boulder”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磐石.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坚如磐石 (堅如磐石) | jiān rú pán shí | solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure; rock-firm and unyielding |
| 坚若磐石 (堅若磐石) | jiān ruò pán shí | rock-solid |
| 安如磐石 | ān rú pán shí | as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses |
| 涅磐 | niè pán | variant of 涅槃 (niè pán) |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond; 颗 (kē) |
| 岩石 | yán shí | (geology) rock |
See also: Japanese symbol for “boulder”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.