砥砺

Traditional form:

砥礪

Pinyin (reading):

dǐlì

Definitions:

• whetstone
• (lit. and fig.) to hone; to sharpen
• to encourage

Characters:

• 砥 - whetstone; to polish
• 砺 - whetstone; to sharpen

Traditional characters:

• 砥 - whetstone; to polish