xiē

wedge

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

wood

契 sound component

  Sound component

  

deed

Evolution

楔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
楔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiē

wedge; gatepost; foreword; to wedge

Most common words with 楔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

wedge

楔子

wedge

楔形文字

cuneiform (Babylonian script)