砥

Information about character(s)

Radical: 石
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 10
Variants: 厎

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dǐ, zhǐ
Cantonese: dai1 dai2 zi2
JapaneseKun: TO TOISHI
JapaneseOn: SHI TEI
Korean: CI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a whetstone; to polish

CE-Dict: baffle (pier)/whetstone

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a whetstone

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【石字部】砥
【廣韻】【韻會】【正韻】諸氏切【集韻】掌氏切，𠀤音紙。磨石也。【書·禹貢】荆州礪砥砮丹。【註】砥細於礪。【山海經】崦嵫之山，其中多砥礪。　又平也，均也。【詩·小雅】周道如砥。　又借言節操。【禮·儒行】砥礪廉隅。　又砥砨，玉石。【史記·范睢傳】周有砥砨。　【說文】本作厎。或作底。【書·禹貢】厎柱析城。【註】厎柱，山名。在河水中。【前漢·梅福傳】爵祿束帛，天下之底石。　又【集韻】曲禮切，音邸。義同。

CF-Dict: cloison/pierre à aiguiser