technical
literary

Meaning of

砥 means fine whetstone (for sharpening); to sharpen; to temper; to refine. Pronounced dǐ.

  • fine whetstone (for sharpening)
  • to sharpen; to temper; to refine

Character Info

Radical
Strokes14

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

yòng
shí
dāo
 

He sharpened the knife carefully with a fine whetstone.

 
Shān
Hǎi
Jīng
 
zhōng
zǎi
le
zhǒng
míng
wéi
 
 
de
shí
tou
 

The 'Classic of Mountains and Seas' records a kind of stone named 'di'.