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楔 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
ケツ・セツけつ・せつ · ketsu · setsu
Kun
くさび・ほうだてkusabi · hōdate
Meaning
a wedge

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Tree 木 with 契 as phonetic: the wedge driven into a split.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 楔くさび

    a wedge

  • 楔形文字くさびがたもじ

    cuneiform writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

両者(りょうしゃ)の間(あいだ)に楔(くさび)を打(う)ちこむ。

They drive a wedge between the two.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

楔形文字楔形文字楔形文字楔字charac…形shape文writin…朮a medi…朶a bran…朿a thor…朸a carr…杙a stak…孒mosqui…孑alone夬to dec…刔to gou…抉to gou…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading ケツAll maps

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