U+783A "砺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
砺
U+783A "砺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "whetstone" or to "sharpen" or "grind" in a literal or figurative sense, such as in the expression "砥砺" which conveys perseverance or self discipline. In modern usage, it often appears in literary and formal contexts to describe the process of honing one's skills or will through hard work and experience. The character is composed of the radical for "stone" on the left and the phonetic component "厉" on the right, reflecting its original meaning related to stone tools for sharpening blades.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+783A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 砺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 砺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0xA0 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x783A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000783A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u783a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 274E5D |
| kCangjie | MRMMS |
| kCantonese | lai6 |
| kDefinition | whetstone; sharpen |
| kEACC | 274E5D |
| kFourCornerCode | 1162.7 |
| kGB0 | 7734 |
| kHanYu | 42422.130 |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42422.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0829.331 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6D42 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4557 |
| kJapanese | レイ と あらと みがく といし |
| kTGH | 2013:4475 |
| kJapaneseKun | TOISHI ARATO MIGAKU |
| kJapaneseOn | REI |
| kJis0 | 3755 |
| kKangXi | 0829.331 |
| kKorean | LYE |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4350 |
| kMandarin | lì |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018478 |
| kMorohashi | H384 |
| kPhonetic | 773* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3153+112.5.5 V+13951+112.5.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 112.5 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 469.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 218.060:lì |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "礪" U+792A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GJ |
| kXHC1983 | 0697.160:lì |