砥 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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dǐ

a whetstone

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound.

Components

石 Meaning component

shí, dàn

stone

氐 Sound component

dī, dǐ

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Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dǐ

a whetstone; to polish; baffle (pier); whetstone

Most common words with 砥

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*tijʔ	tsyijX	zhǐ	whetstone

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4166th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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