石刻

shíkè
noun #94,408

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 stone carving
  2. 2 stone inscription

Examples

HSK 5
Shān shàng yǒu hěnduō gǔdài de shíkè.
There are many ancient stone carvings on the mountain.
HSK 7-9
Zhè kuài shíkè shàng de zì yǐjīng bèi fēngyǔ mópíng le.
The characters on this stone inscription have been worn smooth by wind and rain.

Tips

usage
石刻 covers both carved images, such as 石刻佛像 'stone Buddha statues', and carved texts, such as 碑刻 'stele inscriptions' and 摩崖石刻 'inscriptions cut into cliff faces'. Paper rubbings taken from them are 拓片.

In Pop Culture

大足石刻 Dàzú Shíkè
Dazu Rock Carvings
Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian cliff carvings in Chongqing, made from the 9th to the 13th century; a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.

Stroke Order

石 shí
刻 kè