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砥 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「石」

道
準1University / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「石」
On
シ・テイ・キイ・チし・てい・きい・ち · shi · tei · kii · chi
Kun
と・といし・と.ぐ・みが.くto · toishi · to.gu · miga.ku
Meaning
whetstone; to sharpen

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Stone 石 with 氐 "low and flat": the flat stone used for grinding — a whetstone.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 砥石といし

    whetstone

  • 砥ぐとぐ

    to sharpen; to hone

More words with this kanji

  • 砥礪しれい
  • 砥厲しれい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

砥石(といし)で包丁(ほうちょう)をていねいに研(と)いだ。

I honed the kitchen knife carefully on the whetstone.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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