硎

Information about character(s)

Radical: 石
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 研

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xíng, kēng
Cantonese: jing4
JapaneseKun: TOISHI
JapaneseOn: KEI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: whetstone

CE-Dict: whetstone

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a whetstone; a grindstone

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【石字部】硎
【廣韻】戸經切【集韻】【韻會】乎經切【正韻】奚經切，𠀤音形。砥石。【莊子·養生主】刀刃若新發於硎。　又谷名。【尚書·序疏】始皇令冬月種瓜於驪山硎谷之中溫處。　又【廣韻】客庚切。同阬。【左思·吳都賦】左稱彎崎，右號臨硎。【註】彎崎，宮東門。臨硎，宮西門。

Han-De-Dict: Schleifstein, Wetzstein (u.E.) (S)