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Kanji Detail for 楔 - "wedge, gate post"
楔
- Meaning
楔 means "wedge, gate post."
Wedge - A pointed piece of wood inserted into a gap.
Gate post - Pillars on either side of a gate.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
wedge; arrowhead
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
wedge; gatepost; foreword
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
wedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳[xie1])
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to wedge; wedge, gatepost; forward
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Door posts. Wooden pillars on either side of a door. Now anything used to prop up is called 楔. | A type of mechanical aid in physics. Also called a wedge. Babylon had cuneiform writing, flat on top and pointed below, like a wedge shape, hence the name. | Using one thing to bring out another is called 楔. Such as the prologue of a novel is called 楔子, meaning using this event to wedge out another.
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