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whetstone

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

li4

Meaning


Primary

whetstone

Alternatives

grindstone

Hint

A whetstone is a fine-grained stone used for sharpening cutting tools.

Mnemonic


[li-] Link is in the [4] bathroom of the [-_] house where he is using a 礪 whetstone to sharpen his Master Sword. He stands underneath a miniature 厂 cliff that is where the bathtub should be sitting on 艹 flowers that cover the tile bathroom floor. As he grinds his sword at the 礪 whetstone (occasionally wiping it clean of bits of 石 stone with water from the sink) the 禺 crickets in the 艹 flowers make cricket noise.

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