GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 61

石

石 is read as shí.

Pinyin

shí

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 石

Basic meaning

stone; rock

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn Wey and other lineage traditions; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Wey and central-plains lineage traditions

Origin note

Shi surname traditions include the well-known Spring and Autumn Wey figure Shi Que and other ancestor-name branches. The page treats Shi as an ancestor-name surname layer, while keeping the basic meaning 'stone' separate.

Historical figures

石崇 (Shi Chong)

249-300 CE · Western Jin official

A wealthy Western Jin figure known in historical anecdotes.

石达开 (Shi Dakai)

1831-1863 CE · Taiping leader

A leading figure in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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