Radical: 石 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

砥 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 砥

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 砥.

砥砺
dǐ lì
中流砥柱
zhōng liú dǐ zhù

Related characters (radical 石)

Characters that share the radical .

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