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Kanji Detail for 砥 - "whetstone, to sharpen"

砥

  • Meaning

    砥 means "whetstone, to sharpen." Also associated with to level.

    1. Whetstone - A fine stone for sharpening blades.

    2. To sharpen - To polish; to train; to encourage.

    3. To level - To equalize; to make flat.

  • Tattoo check: 砥

    • Verified meaning: whetstone, to sharpen
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: to level

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    whetstone; grindstone

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a whetstone; to polish

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    baffle (pier); whetstone

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    whetstone; to polish

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Whetstone. Such as saying 砥礪 (to hone). Coarse ones are called 礪. Fine ones are called 砥. Also used as a metaphor for the effort to improve in learning. Such as saying 互相砥礪 (mutually encourage) and such.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chi(チ) チ

    kii(キイ) キイ

    shi(シ) シ

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miga.ku(みが-く) みが-く

    to(と) と

    to.gu(と-ぐ) と-ぐ

    toishi(といし) といし

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    whetstone sharpen level grindstone honing grinding blade edge polish abrasive sharpening knife smooth flat fine

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