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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
plutonic rock / abyssal rock
rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
extrusive rock (geology)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礁* | 礁* | *礁
reef / shoal rock
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
rocking chair
sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磊* | 磊* | *磊
lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest
rock strata
phosphorite / phosphate rock
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
rock crystal (mineral)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岩* | 岩* | *岩
cliff / rock
crystal sugar / rock candy
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
(bird species of China) white-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis)
(geology) glacial erratic; rock transported by a glacier
Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
post-rock (music genre)
rock drill
a crack in a rock
gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钎* | 钎* | *钎
a drill (for boring through rock)
(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坻* | 坻* | *坻
islet / rock in river
(bird species of China) rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
(rock) drilling
rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot
solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding
variant of 岩層|岩层 / rock strata
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
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
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
to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment)
place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters
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
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
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
moon rock
rock music / rock 'n roll
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
stratified rock / flagstone
amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra
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 bunting (Emberiza cia)
(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)
igneous rock
siliceous rock (mostly composed of silica)
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)

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