楔
wedge; arrowhead
13 strokes.
Readings
- くさび (kun reading): 楔 (くさび) wedge; 割り楔 (わりくさび) split wedge
- ケツ (on reading): 楔状 (けつじょう) wedge-shaped; 楔状骨 (けつじょうこつ) cuneiform (bones)
- セツ (on reading): 氷楔 (ひょうせつ) ice wedge
- ほうだて (kun reading)
Components
Words using 楔
- 楔 (くさび) wedge
- 割り楔 (わりくさび) split wedge
- 楔形文字 (くさびがたもじ) cuneiform (writing)
- 間の楔 (あいのくさび) wedge (for securing objects together)
- 楔を打ち込む (くさびをうちこむ) to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences)
- 楔状 (けつじょう) wedge-shaped
- 楔状骨 (けつじょうこつ) cuneiform (bones)
- 楔子 (けっし) wedge
- 楔状文字 (けつじょうもじ) cuneiform (writing)
- 氷楔 (ひょうせつ) ice wedge
11 words in all.