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Translingual
Han character
砥 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口竹心一 (MRHPM) or 一口竹女戈 (MRHVI), four-corner 12640, composition ⿰石氐)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 828, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24093
- Dae Jaweon: page 1243, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2424, character 14
- Unihan data for U+7825
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 低
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*tiːl
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| 氐
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*tiːl, *til
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| 袛
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*tiːl
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| 羝
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*tiːl
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| 眡
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*tiːl, *djilʔ
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| 岻
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*tiːl, *dil
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| 奃
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*tiːl
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| 趆
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*tiːl, *tiːls
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| 柢
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*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
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| 邸
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*tiːlʔ
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| 底
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*tiːlʔ
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| 詆
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*tiːlʔ, *diːl
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| 坻
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*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
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| 抵
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*tiːlʔ
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| 牴
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*tiːlʔ
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| 觝
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*tiːlʔ
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| 弤
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*tiːlʔ
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| 軧
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*tiːlʔ
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| 骶
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*tiːls
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| 砥
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*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
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| 胝
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*til
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| 疷
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*til
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| 秪
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*til
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| 泜
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*dil
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| 蚳
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*dil
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| 彽
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*dil
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| 阺
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*dil
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| 貾
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*dil
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| 祗
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*tjil
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| 厎
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*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
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| 茋
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*tjilʔ
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| 鴟
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*tʰjil
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| 汦
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*kjeʔ, *tjil
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til).
Pronunciation
Note:
- té - literary;
- tí - vernacular.
| Rime
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| Character
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砥
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砥
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砥
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| Initial (聲)
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章 (23)
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章 (23)
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章 (23)
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| Final (韻)
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脂 (15)
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支 (11)
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脂 (17)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
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旨夷切
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諸氏切
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職雉切
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| Baxter
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tsyij
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tsyeX
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tsyijX
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/t͡ɕiɪ/
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/t͡ɕiᴇX/
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/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/t͡ɕi/
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/t͡ɕiɛX/
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/t͡ɕᵚiX/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/t͡ɕjɪ/
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/t͡ɕjɛX/
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/t͡ɕiɪX/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ci/
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/ciə̆X/
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/cjiX/
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Li
Rong
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/t͡ɕi/
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/t͡ɕieX/
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/t͡ɕjiX/
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Wang
Li
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/t͡ɕi/
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/t͡ɕǐeX/
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/t͡ɕiX/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/t͡ɕi/
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/t͡ɕie̯X/
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/t͡ɕiX/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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zhī
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zhǐ
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zhǐ
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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zi1
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zi2
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zi2
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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砥
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhǐ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyijX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tijʔ/
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| English
|
whetstone
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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砥
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砥
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砥
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砥
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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4/4
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| No.
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2258
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2271
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2273
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2275
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Phonetic
component
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氐
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氐
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氐
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氐
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Rime
group
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歌
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脂
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脂
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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紙
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脂
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旨
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至
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjelʔ/
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/*tjil/
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/*tjilʔ/
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/*tjils/
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Definitions
砥
- (literary) fine-grained whetstone
- † to grind; to polish
- † to temper oneself; to steel oneself
- † smooth; level; even
Compounds
See also
- 磨刀石 (módāoshí)
- 磨石 (móshí)
References
Japanese
Kanji
砥
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- whetstone, grindstone
Readings
Korean
Hanja
砥 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
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