16 strokes in total
- Hiragana:
- しもとかみ
- Alphabet:
- shimotokami
- How to write 下砥上
- 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
- 砥: a whetstone; to polish
- 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up
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