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礪

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砺

🇨🇳

whetstone (alt)

HSK 10

Objects →Tools

lì

レイ

あらと、みが.く

려

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

砺

Regular

Modern

Chinese

砺 / 礪 [lì]

grind; sandstone

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

礪となみ

Tonami surname

CHINESE WORDS (3)

磨砺 [mólì] #36,148

to sharpen on grindstone

砥砺 [dǐlì] #46,004

再接再砺 [zàijiēzàilì]

variant of 再接再厲|再接再厉[zàijiēzàilì]

JAPANESE WORDS (1)

礪茶 [とのちゃ]