# 厲 U+53B2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B2

A Chinese character meaning “whetstone; grind, sharpen; whet”, read lì in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `厲` |
| Codepoint | U+53B2 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B2 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `厲` `厲` |
| CSS | `\53B2` |
| JavaScript | `\u53B2` |
| UTF-8 | E5 8E B2 |
| UTF-16 | 53B2 |
| Definition | whetstone; grind, sharpen; whet |
| Mandarin | lì |
| Cantonese | lai6 |
| Japanese | REI RAI RETSU RECHI TO TOGU KOSURU |
| Korean | LYE |

## Related characters

- 厱 [U+53B1 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B1](https://unicodekit.com/char/53B1)
- 厳 [U+53B3 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B3](https://unicodekit.com/char/53B3)
- 厰 [U+53B0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B0](https://unicodekit.com/char/53B0)
- 厴 [U+53B4 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B4](https://unicodekit.com/char/53B4)
- 厯 [U+53AF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53AF](https://unicodekit.com/char/53AF)
- 厵 [U+53B5 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B5](https://unicodekit.com/char/53B5)
- 厮 [U+53AE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53AE](https://unicodekit.com/char/53AE)
- 厶 [U+53B6 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B6](https://unicodekit.com/char/53B6)
- 厭 [U+53AD CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53AD](https://unicodekit.com/char/53AD)
- 厷 [U+53B7 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B7](https://unicodekit.com/char/53B7)
- 厬 [U+53AC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53AC](https://unicodekit.com/char/53AC)
- 厸 [U+53B8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B8](https://unicodekit.com/char/53B8)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/53B2 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/53B2