Read Edit View history 砺 lì whetstone Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A stone 石 used to hone 厉 blades; 厉 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas lì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 礪 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 砺 Simp strokes 砺 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 砺 Simp strokes 砺 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 砺 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 153, 641 ], [ 438, 689 ] ], [ [ 247, 612 ], [ 283, 579 ], [ 224, 425 ], [ 152, 305 ], [ 48, 195 ] ], [ [ 167, 433 ], [ 206, 384 ], [ 257, 160 ] ], [ [ 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