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玄石

Mandarin · pinyin xuán shí

(literary) black stone (esp. one used for steles and tombstones); tombstone; stele
old name for a magnet

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玄: xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112

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2–2 · xuan2 shi2

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jyun4 sek6

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