Memory phrase for the character: 楔

楔

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Meaning

to wedge, wedge

Pronunciation

xiē

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: to carve, contract 契 (Cut into a tally stick with a sword 刀 in big 大 letters: the contract.)

Mnemonic
 
The wood, that is carved serves as: a wedge.

Radicals

木 tree
契 to carve, contract




 Vocabulary

楔形物 xiē xíng wù  wedge
楔子 xiē zi  wedge; peg; stopper; prologue (in some modern novels); prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama
楔形文字 xiē xíng wén zì  cuneiform (Babylonian script)
楔形文字 xiē xíng wén zì  

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