楔
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Translingual
Han character
楔 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木手竹大 (DQHK), four-corner 47934, composition ⿰木契)
References
- 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
| trad. | 楔 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 楔 | |
| alternative forms | 塞 (soeh/seh) Hokkien | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (丯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 夆 | *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds |
| 丯 | *kreːds |
| 瘛 | *kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed |
| 觢 | *ɡjeds |
| 契 | *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd |
| 栔 | *kʰeːds |
| 禊 | *ɡeːds |
| 稧 | *ɡeːds |
| 楔 | *kreːd, *sqʰeːd |
| 葜 | *kʰreːd |
| 猰 | *qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd |
| 窫 | *qreːd |
| 揳 | *sqʰeːd |
| 偰 | *sqʰeːd |
| 潔 | *keːd |
| 絜 | *keːd, *ɡeːd |
| 鍥 | *keːd, *kʰeːd |
| 挈 | *kʰeːd |
| 蛪 | *kʰeːd |
| 齧 | *ŋeːd |
| 褉 | *qʰeːd |
| 喫 | *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sit3
- Jin (Wiktionary): xieh4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siat / soeh / seh
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiē
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sie
- Wade–Giles: hsieh1
- Yale: syē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shie
- Palladius: се (se)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sit3
- Yale: sit
- Cantonese Pinyin: sit8
- Guangdong Romanization: xid3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat
- Tâi-lô: siat
- Phofsit Daibuun: siad
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛt̚⁵/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛt̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh
- Tâi-lô: sueh
- Phofsit Daibuun: soeq
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sueʔ⁵/
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh
- Tâi-lô: seh
- Phofsit Daibuun: seq
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /seʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Note:
- siat - literary;
- soeh/seh - vernacular (“to wedge; to stuff in; wedge; to bribe”).
- Middle Chinese: keat, set
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.qˤet/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kreːd/, /*sqʰeːd/
Definitions
楔
- wedge; peg
- (dialectal) to drive; to wedge (a wedge, nail, etc.)
- (Hokkien) to stuff in; to plug in; to fill in
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) wedge; peg; stopper
- (Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) to bribe
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 行賄 (“to bribe”) [map]
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sip3
- Yale: sip
- Cantonese Pinyin: sip8
- Guangdong Romanization: xib3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
楔
Japanese
Kanji
楔
Readings
Pronunciation
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 楔 |
| くさび Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
楔 • (kusabi)
- wedge (a simple machine, a tapered object for insertion into narrow gaps to split, expand, or secure the surrounding material)
Korean
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