橜 (jué) - Wooden stake & peg

橜Tone 2

jué ｜ 16 strokes ｜ radical:

傑君

橜 · jué

Wooden stake;

peg;

post;

a wooden object used for marking boundaries or as a support.

Wooden stakepegpost

Usage highlights

wooden stakeboundary posttent pegdriving a stakemarker post

Synonyms

  • 桩— stake, pile
  • 橛— stake, peg (variant form)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • They drove a wooden stake into the ground (橜).
  • The tent was secured with pegs (橜).
  • Ancient boundary markers were often simple posts (橜).

Collocations

  • wooden stake(木橜)
  • boundary post(界橜)
  • tent peg(帐篷橜)
  • driving a stake(打橜)
  • marker post(标志橜)

Idioms

  • Firm as a deeply driven stake(深橜固根)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 橜 was used in ancient times for marking boundaries and territories.
  • It served practical purposes in construction and tent-making.
  • The character appears in classical texts describing foundational structures.

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