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Hanzi Character Search: 砥

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  砥
a whetstone; to polish
Radical 石
Strokes (without radical) 5 Total Strokes 10
Mandarin reading dǐ zhǐ Cantonese reading dai1 dai2 zi2
Japanese on reading shi tei Japanese kun reading to toishi
Korean reading ci Vietnamese reading
Semantic Variant(s) 厎

CEDICT Entries:

砥   [ dǐ ]    baffle (pier), whetstone
砥礪   [ dǐ lì ]    whetstone, (fig.) to hone, to temper, to encourage
砥砺   [ dǐ lì ]    whetstone, (fig.) to hone, to temper, to encourage
⇒ 中流砥柱   [ zhōng liú dǐ zhù ]    mainstay, cornerstone, tower of strength

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