Japanese Earth science word of the day: 岩石 (がんせき - ganseki) - rock. 岩 is the Chinese character that means "boulder" while 石 means "stone". It is actually a common thing in Japanese (and I imagine Chinese) to combine two characters of similar meanings together to make a comprehensive word.
#Japan #Geology
Dr. Evan J. Gowan
npub1lr…e958g
2026-04-16 12:23:38 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1lrp4jvrgajtsragwszvf3n60n9e5hyf996jsg8ntvfzpul9f6l6s0e958gSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-04-16 12:23:38 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "862873e58a8bef157ae178c7d349c1111649e5f8a5a5d2e65c21e04919b89c66",
"pubkey": "f8c3593068ec9701f50e809898cf4f99734b91252ea5041e6b62441e7ca9d7f5",
"created_at": 1776342218,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://fediscience.org/@DrEvanGowan/116414363635576542",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"geology"
],
[
"t",
"japan"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://fediscience.org/users/DrEvanGowan/statuses/116414363635576542",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://fediscience.org/users/DrEvanGowan/statuses/116414363635576542",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Japanese Earth science word of the day: 岩石 (がんせき - ganseki) - rock. 岩 is the Chinese character that means \"boulder\" while 石 means \"stone\". It is actually a common thing in Japanese (and I imagine Chinese) to combine two characters of similar meanings together to make a comprehensive word.\n\n#Japan #Geology",
"sig": "8b457104124caa4ad55880b522fff7fe4773e6088457525e6c770e84079818a5c1f821f0383b13701e0493667014c9095ee50a2755698968489332623d3e0990"
}