19 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

whetstone, polish

Kun'yomi
  • あらと
  • みが
On'yomi
  • レイ
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

whetstone, polish
レイ あらと みが.く (Kentei Pre-1)
stone
いし セキ シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
よろず マン バン (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
long-tailed monkey
グ グウ おながざる (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
rump, footprint radical (no. 114)
ジュウ ニュ あしあと
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 792A
JIS X 0208 1-66-74
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3224
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4056
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2798
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24571X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5a14.1
Four corner code 1162.7