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礪 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「石」

道
準1University / general ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「石」
On
レイれい · rei
Kun
あらと・みが.くarato · miga.ku
Meaning
coarse whetstone; to polish

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Stone 石 with 厲 as phonetic: a coarse-grained whetstone; also to polish oneself.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 砥礪しれい

    whetting; self-improvement

  • 礪石れいせき

    coarse whetstone

More words with this kanji

  • 淬礪さいれい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

学問(がくもん)に砥礪(しれい)して怠(おこた)ることがない。

They hone themselves in study and never slacken.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

礪石砥礪礪石stone砥whetst…砧fullin…砦fort硯inksto…硲ravine碍to obs…伶court…怜wise苓medici…玲tinkli…嶺mounta…
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Compound

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