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化石

化石

Chinese

 
to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform
 rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad.
(化石) 		化 石
anagram 石化

Noun

化石

  1. fossil

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
化 石
か
Grade: 3 		せき
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

化 ‎(ka, “to change into”) +‎ 石 ‎(seki, “stone”)

Pronunciation

Noun

化石 ‎(hiragana かせき, romaji kaseki, historical hiragana くわせき)

  1. a fossil
  2. petrifaction
  3. (metaphor, insult) out-of-date person, thing

Derived terms

  • 化 (か)石 (せき)化 (か) ‎(kasekika): fossilize
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)学 (がく) ‎(kasekigaku): paleontology
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)層 (そう) ‎(kasekisō): fossil bed
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)人 (じん)類 (るい) ‎(kaseki jinrui): fossil men
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)燃 (ねん)料 (りょう) ‎(kaseki nenryō): fossil fuel
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)類 (るい)人 (じん)猿 (えん) ‎(kaseki ruijin'en): anthropoid fossil
  • 微 (び)化 (か)石 (せき) ‎(bikaseki): microfossil
  • 糞 (ふん)化 (か)石 (せき) ‎(funkaseki): coprolite, guano
  • 示 (じ)準化 (じゅんか)石 (せき) ‎(jijun-kaseki): index fossil, key fossil
  • 生 (せい)痕 (こん)化 (か)石 (せき) ‎(seikon kaseki): trace fossil
  • 生 (い)きた化 (か)石 (せき) ‎(ikita kaseki): living fossil, relict

Verb

化石する ‎(hiragana かせきする, romaji kaseki suru)

  1. to fossilize

Conjugation

Descendants

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 化 (か)石 (せき) ‎(kaseki, “fossil”)

Pronunciation

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