Zuciøh

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Zuciøh (磁石 magnetite) / huiciøh (瓷石)

  • a mineral used in traditional Chinese medicine to calm the mind / magnet
  • "tzhu shih" (císhí) in Mandarin, "loving stone", possibly originally written as 慈石 (also zuciøh; lit. loving stone) in earlier times, compare to French aimant