楔
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
wedge, arrowhead
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ケツ
- セツ
- Kun (native)
- くさび
- ほうだて
- Other languages
- 拼音xie1
- 拼音xie4
- 한글seol
- Hán-ViệtTiết
Basics
- Strokes
- 13 strokes
- Radical
- 木(き)
- JIS level
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+6954
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木契
Words using this kanji
- 楔くさびwedge, chock, linchpin, lynchpin
- 楔状けつじょうの形状。また、そのようなもの。wedge-shaped, cuneate, cuneiform
- 楔子けっしくさび。 物事の最も重要なところ。wedge, lynchpin, cotter
- 楔状骨けつじょうこつcuneiform (bones), sphenoid (bone)
- 楔河豚くさびふぐslender sunfish (Ranzania laevis), oblong sunfish
- 楔形文字くさびがたもじ紀元前、バビロニア、アッシリア、小アジアで使用された楔形を組み合わせたような文字。cuneiform (writing)
- 楔を刺すくさびをさすto make sure (of)
- 楔状文字けつじょうもじcuneiform (writing)
- 楔を打ち込むくさびをうちこむto drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences), to wedge apart
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-4-9- Four Corner
4793.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a9.11- Nelson
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