楔 — readings, stroke count and radical

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

  • 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.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

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Lookup codes

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