U+6954, 楔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6954

[U+6953]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6955]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 75, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木手竹大 (DQHK), four-corner 47934, composition )

  1. wedge
  2. gatepost
  3. foreword

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 539, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15131
  • Dae Jaweon: page 926, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1242, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6954

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • siat - literary;
  • soeh/seh - vernacular (“to wedge; to stuff in; wedge; to bribe”).

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (28) (16)
    Final () (75) (87)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () II IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter keat set
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kˠɛt̚/ /set̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kᵚæt̚/ /set̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kæt̚/ /sɛt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kəɨt̚/ /sɛt̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /kɛt̚/ /set̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /kæt̚/ /siet̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kat̚/ /siet̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jia xie
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gaat3 sit3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    xiē
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ set ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*s.qˁet/
    English wedge put in teeth of corpse

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 6498 6504
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kreːd/ /*sqʰeːd/

    Definitions edit

    1. wedge; peg
    2. (dialectal) to drive; to wedge (a wedge, nail, etc.)
    3. (Hokkien) to stuff in; to plug in; to fill in
    4. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) wedge; peg; stopper
    5. (Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) to bribe
    Synonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    Pronunciation edit

    Definitions edit

    1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 𤗈 (sip3)

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    Readings edit

    Pronunciation edit

    Kanji in this term
    くさび
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi
     くさび on Japanese Wikipedia

    Noun edit

    (くさび) (kusabi

    1. a wedge (simple machine)

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (eum (seol))

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: khế

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    References edit