Generalization of the Pólya–Szegő inequality

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Let $d \in \mathbb{N}, 1\leq p \leq \infty$, $f \in C^{\infty}_0 (\mathbb{R}^d)$.

It is known that

there is a function $g$ such that

$g(x)=g_0(|x|)$ for some non-increase function $g_0:[0, \infty) \to \mathbb{R}$,

$||f||_{L^{p} (\mathbb{R}^d)}=||g||_{L^{p} (\mathbb{R}^d)}$, and

$||\nabla f||_{L^{p} (\mathbb{R}^d)} \geq|| \nabla g||_{L^{p} (\mathbb{R}^d)}$.

Foe example, the symmetric decreasing rearrangement $g=f^*$ satisfies this, and

$||\nabla f||_{L^{p} (\mathbb{R}^d)} \geq|| \nabla f^*||_{L^{p} (\mathbb{R}^d)}$ is called the Pólya–Szegő inequality.

I'm interested in generalization of this for $p=1$:

Let $K \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a nonempty compact set such that

the Lebesgue measure $|K|=0$.

Does there exist a function $h$ such that

$h(x)=h_0(d(x,K))$ for some non-increase function $h_0:[0, \infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ ($\displaystyle d(x,K)= \inf_{y \in K} |x-y|$),

$||f||_{L^{1} (\mathbb{R}^d)}=||h||_{L^{1} (\mathbb{R}^d)}$, and

$||\nabla f||_{L^{1} (\mathbb{R}^d)} \geq|| \nabla h||_{L^{1} (\mathbb{R}^d)}$?

Any advise would be appreciated.