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砥 = 石 + 氐

砥 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “a whetstone”. It is built from 石 (stone) and 氐 (name of an ancient tribe).

Keyword
a whetstone
Pinyin (Mandarin)
dǐ
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
бахчевый камень
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
砥 grindstone

Decomposition

ids

  1. 石 stone
  2. 氐 name of an ancient tribe

How to find 砥 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stone” + “name of an ancient tribe”. 砥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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