礪

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See also: 砺
礪 U+792A, 礪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-792A
← 礩
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 礫 →
礪 U+F985, 礪
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F985
← 濾
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 閭 →

Translingual

Han character

礪 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口一廿月 (MRMTB), four-corner 11627, composition ⿰石厲)

  1. whetstone
  2. sharpen

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24571
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2461, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+792A

Chinese

trad. 礪
simp. 砺
alternative forms 厲／厉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 礪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (萬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
糲 *m·raːds, *m·rads, *m·raːd
犡 *m·raːds, *m·rads
噧 *hmreːds, *r̥ʰaːd
邁 *mraːds
勱 *mraːds
蠆 *m̥ʰraːds
厲 *m·rads
勵 *m·rads
礪 *m·rads
蠣 *m·rads
蠇 *m·rads
癘 *m·rads
濿 *m·rads
櫔 *m·rads
巁 *m·rads
贎 *m·rads, *mlans
萬 *mlans

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 礪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力制切
Baxter ljejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liajH/
Li
Rong 		/liɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/lĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/li̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 礪
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ljejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*at-s/
English grindstone

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 礪
Reading # 1/1
No. 12623
Phonetic
component 		萬
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		例
Old
Chinese 		/*m·rads/

Definitions

礪

  1. † whetstone
  2. † to whet; to sharpen
    磨礪／磨砺  ―  mólì  ―  to steel oneself; to harden oneself; to discipline oneself

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

礪

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 鑢／𮣶 (“to rub; file (tool); to file”)

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

砺

Kyūjitai

礪

Kanji

礪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 砺)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

礪 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)

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