玄石

xuán shí

Dictionary entry

(literary) black stone (esp. one used for steles and tombstones); tombstone; stele

What does 玄石 mean?

玄石 (xuán shí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(literary) black stone (esp. one used for steles and tombstones); tombstone; stele

2old name for a magnet

Character breakdown

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玄xuánblack · mysterious 石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

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玄石

xuán shí

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