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whetstone

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

di3 • dǐ

Meaning


Primary

whetstone

Alternatives

grindstone

Mnemonic


[di-] Diddy Kong is in the [3] basement of the [-_] house where is setting up a 砥 whetstone. He has a huge 石 stone that he has placed on the cement ground and then carves a 氏 coat of arms (which depicts a bunch of bananas and monkeys) into it because it is the family 砥 whetstone. Diddy then uses it to sharpen some of his banana swords, grinding them against the 砥 whetstone, and then 丶 dropping them noisily to the ground after they are done.

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