# 砺 U+783A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-783A

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

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `砺` |
| Codepoint | U+783A |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-783A |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `砺` `砺` |
| CSS | `\783A` |
| JavaScript | `\u783A` |
| UTF-8 | E7 A0 BA |
| UTF-16 | 783A |
| Definition | whetstone; sharpen |
| Mandarin | lì |
| Cantonese | lai6 |
| Japanese | REI TOISHI ARATO MIGAKU |
| Korean | LYE |

## Related characters

- 砹 [U+7839 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7839](https://unicodekit.com/char/7839)
- 砻 [U+783B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-783B](https://unicodekit.com/char/783B)
- 砸 [U+7838 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7838](https://unicodekit.com/char/7838)
- 砼 [U+783C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-783C](https://unicodekit.com/char/783C)
- 砷 [U+7837 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7837](https://unicodekit.com/char/7837)
- 砽 [U+783D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-783D](https://unicodekit.com/char/783D)
- 砶 [U+7836 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7836](https://unicodekit.com/char/7836)
- 砾 [U+783E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-783E](https://unicodekit.com/char/783E)
- 砵 [U+7835 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7835](https://unicodekit.com/char/7835)
- 砿 [U+783F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-783F](https://unicodekit.com/char/783F)
- 破 [U+7834 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7834](https://unicodekit.com/char/7834)
- 础 [U+7840 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7840](https://unicodekit.com/char/7840)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/783A · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/783A