橛 (jué) - A short wooden stake or peg & a stump

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jué ｜ 16 strokes ｜ radical:

傑君

橛 · jué

A short wooden stake or peg;

a stump;

a short piece of wood used as a stopper or support.

A short wooden stake or pega stumpa short piece of wood used as a

Usage highlights

wooden stakesmall pegtree stumpshort piece of woodiron stakenail peg

Synonyms

  • 桩— stake, pile
  • 楔— wedge, peg
  • 橛子— small peg, stake

Antonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He hammered a wooden peg (木橛) into the ground.
  • The rope was tied to a stake (橛子).
  • Only a stump (树橛) remained after the tree was cut down.
  • She used a wooden stopper (橛儿) for the barrel.

Collocations

  • wooden stake(木橛)
  • small peg(橛子)
  • tree stump(树橛)
  • short piece of wood(短橛)
  • iron stake(铁橛)
  • nail peg(钉橛)

Idioms

  • Stubborn as a wooden stake(橛守成规)
  • Stake in the ground(橛竖小人)
  • Short and stubby(短橛粗壮)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Traditionally used in agricultural and woodworking contexts as simple tools or markers.
  • In some dialects, used metaphorically to describe someone stubborn or unyielding.
  • Appears in folk sayings to represent something short, stubby, or firmly fixed.

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