jié

楬

Character · NounTraditional櫛

small wooden stake

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

a small wooden stake used as a marker

literary

A classical, literary term; rarely used in modern spoken language. Often found in ancient texts or descriptions of historical land surveying.

Gǔ古
rén人
yǐ以
jié栉
wéi为
jiè界
 ，
huà划
fēn分
tǔ土
dì地
 。

The ancients used small wooden stakes as boundaries to divide land.

Tián田
biān边
lì立
jié栉
 ，
yǐ以
shí识
qí其
pàn畔
 。

A stake was erected at the edge of the field to mark its border.