dǐ砥
砥
technical
literary
Meaning of 砥
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石
Strokes14
Stroke Order
砥
Definitions & Examples
Tā他
yòng用
dǐ砥
shí石
zǐ仔
xì细
dì地
mó磨
dāo刀
。
He sharpened the knife carefully with a fine whetstone.
《
Shān山
Hǎi海
Jīng经
》
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
le了
yī一
zhǒng种
míng名
wéi为
“
dǐ砥
”
de的
shí石
tou头
。
The 'Classic of Mountains and Seas' records a kind of stone named 'di'.