楔 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiē

wedge

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

wood

契 Sound component

qì

deed

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiē

wedge; gatepost; foreword; to wedge

Most common words with 楔

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	楔	wedge
	楔子	wedge
	楔形文字	cuneiform (Babylonian script)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*s.qˤet	set	xiē	wedge put in teeth of corpse

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3846th most common character in books

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