whetstone
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 萬 represents the sound.
cliff; (simp.) factory
ten thousand — The pronunciation of 厲 was similar to 萬 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.
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Characters that use 厲 as a component, most common first.
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