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Suseok | |
Hangul | 수석 |
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Hanja | 水石 or 壽石 |
Revised Romanization | suseok |
McCune–Reischauer | susŏk |
IPA | [sʰu.sʰʌ̹k̚] |
Suseok (Korean: 수석), also called viewing stones or scholar's stones, is the Korean term for rocks resembling natural landscapes.[1][2] The term also refers to the art of stone appreciation.[1] The stone may be hand-carved or naturally occurring, with natural stones being of greater value.[3] Such stones are similar to Chinese gongshi (供石) and Japanese suiseki (水石).[4]
Suseok can be any color. They vary widely in size – suseok can weigh hundreds of kilograms or much less than one kilogram, the largest of which may be displayed in traditional Korean gardens.