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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

小(こ)石(いし) • (koishi) 

1. pebble, stone

Proper noun

小(こ)石(いし) • (Koishi) 

1. a surname

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