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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摇* | 摇* | *摇
to shake / to rock / to row / to crank
HSK 4
to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to
HSK 4
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con
HSK 7-9
rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掀* | 掀* | *掀
to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse
HSK 7-9
rock
HSK 7-9
to rock; to shake; to sway
HSK 7-9
to rock / to sway / to shake
HSK 7-9
rock garden / rockery
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *石* | 石* | *石
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
stone / rock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磊* | 磊* | *磊
lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest
roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礁* | 礁* | *礁
reef / shoal rock
rock crystal (mineral)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岩* | 岩* | *岩
cliff / rock
crystal sugar / rock candy
rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low
excavated soil and rock / construction spoil
huge rock; boulder; monolith
the Doors, US rock band
Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
rock strata
gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
rocking chair
finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钎* | 钎* | *钎
a drill (for boring through rock)
(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坻* | 坻* | *坻
islet / rock in river
(bird species of China) rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
(rock) drilling
olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot
solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding
to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off
rock-paper-scissors (hand game)
siliceous rock
rock salt
submerged reef (rock)
rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
to shake; to sway; to rock
heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砬* | 砬* | *砬
a huge boulder / a towering rock
sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment)
to shake / to rock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碉* | 碉* | *碉
rock cave (archaic)
to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb
variant of 岩層|岩层 / rock strata
plutonic rock / abyssal rock
as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砄* | 砄* | *砄
stone / rock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旝* | 旝* | *旝
(literary) standard; banner (raised for battle) / (literary) catapult, or a rock launched by a catapult
moon rock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乭* | 乭* | *乭
rock / phonetic "dol" used in names (Korean kugja)
wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窾* | 窾* | *窾
crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of
rock music / rock 'n roll
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
stratified rock / flagstone
amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
rock garden
lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
(geology) igneous; volcanic (rock)
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
rock-paper-scissors (game)
comfortable armchair; easy chair / rocking chair
volcanic rock
Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田, Hong Kong
(rock) debris / scree
hammer drill for boring through rock
moraine / rock debris from glacier
(bird species of China) rock sparrow (Petronia petronia)
a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子
unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
rock salt
coarse salt / rock salt
lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
post-rock (music genre)
igneous rock
igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock
clastic rock (geology)
rock-forming mineral
engorged breasts; rock-hard breasts (resulting from postnatal milk accumulation or complications from breast implants)
rock-solid
rock stratum
orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
The Who (1960s UK rock band)
(bird species of China) chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris)
rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
ultrabasic rock (geology, rock containing less than 45 percent silicates)
rock drill
scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China)
intrusive rock

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