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Kanji Detail for 砥 - "whetstone, sharpen, polish"
砥
- Meaning
砥 means "whetstone, sharpen, polish."
Whetstone - A fine stone for sharpening blades.
To sharpen - To polish; to train; to encourage.
To level - To equalize; to make flat.
- 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.
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