燧石

suìshí
noun #31,933

Measure Word

燧石 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 flint (the rock)
  2. 2 flintstone

Examples

Yuánshǐ rén yòng suìshí shēnghuǒ.
Primitive humans used flint to make fire.
Tā zài hébiān fāxiàn le yí kuài suìshí.
He found a piece of flint by the river.

Tips

memory
(suì) on its own means 'fire-starting tool / flint' - it has the (fire) radical. Add (stone) and you get 燧石: literally 'fire-starter stone' = flint. The same character appears in 燧人氏 (Suìrénshì), the legendary Chinese culture-hero who gave humans fire.

Stroke Order

suì
shí