砺 = 石 + 厉

砺 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “whetstone”. It is built from 石 (stone) and 厉 (whetstone).

Keyword: whetstone
Pinyin (Mandarin): lì
Script: Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as: гетстон
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 砺 whetstone

Decomposition

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石 stone
厉 whetstone

How to find 砺 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stone” + “whetstone”. 砺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 砺 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.