TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
石
石 ＝ 厂 ＋ 口
ㄕˊ · shí
noun — stone, rock
字源 FORM — what the parts do
厂形a cliff face
A cliff (厂) with a block (口) broken off at its foot — stone. Hard things and heavy things carry the radical: 破、硬、礦.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
崖（厂）下一塊石頭（口），有人頭那麼大——躺在它掉下來的地方。
Below the cliff (厂), a head-sized block (口) lies where it fell.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)石頭— stone, rock常用
→石油、化石— rock-oil; fossil — stone-things
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension