■ radical

lì

whetstone

How it’s built

Simplified form of 厲. Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 萬 represents the sound.

厂

meaning

cliff; (simp.) factory

万

sound

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.

Appears in

Characters that use 厉 as a component, most common first.

励lìto encourage 蛎lìoyster

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