楔 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- ケツ・セツ
- Kun
- くさび・ほうだて
- Meaning
- a wedge
Origin
Tree 木 with 契 as phonetic: the wedge driven into a split.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 楔くさび
a wedge
- 楔形文字くさびがたもじ
cuneiform writing
Example
両者の間に楔を打ちこむ。
They drive a wedge between the two.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)