lì
whetstone
Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 萬 represents the sound.
Evolution

Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 厲
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
ferocious | ||
severe | ||
strict | ||
unremitting efforts | ||
stern voice |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]at-s | ljejH | lì | cruel |
*[r]at-s | ljejH | lì | grindstone |
*[r]at-s | ljejH | lì | epidemic |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 30.0336% of movies
1278th most common character in movies
1339th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+53B2 |
Shuowen | “厲,旱石也。从厂,蠆省聲。,或不省。” |
Sources
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