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CHINESE CHARACTER
lì
砺
砺
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whetstone; sharpen; temper
- Numbered pinyin
- li4
- English meanings
- whetstone; to sharpen; to temper
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
beautiful; pretty
example; case
clever
profit
power
encourage
experience; calendar
strict; severe
hundredth; centimeter
official; clerk
plum; surname
pear
drip; Li River
raccoon dog; fox
law
used in 玻璃/琉璃
gift
distant/apart from
erect
grain
inside
slave; clerical script
multitude; dark; Li
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