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楗
U+6957
Seal script

Radical:木+ 9 strokes = 13 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.280#33 Kangxi: p.539#18 Cihai: p.708r4c03 GSR: 249.h Hanyu: v2,p1240#02
Composition:Left: 木, right: 建.
Mandarin:jiàn jiǎn ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese:gin6 kin2
Shuowen:《木部》楗：限門也。从木建聲。
Guangyun:《廣韻·上聲·阮·寋》楗：關楗。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·木部·九》楗：《唐韻》其偃切《集韻》《韻會》巨偃切，𠀤音鍵。《說文》限門也。《廣韻》關楗也。《老子·道德經》無關楗而不可開。《淮南子·人閒訓》家無筦籥之信，關楗之固。又《集韻》《正韻》𠀤巨展切，音件。義同。又《集韻》巨建切《韻會》《正韻》渠建切《說文》其獻切，𠀤音健。《史記·河渠書》下淇園之竹以爲楗。《如淳註》樹竹塞水決之口，以草塞其裏，乃以土塡之也。又《周禮·冬官·註疏》渠卷切，音倦。馬行不利也。《考工記·輈人》終日馳驅左不楗。又《註疏》九輦切，音蹇。義同。
Fanqie:其偃 (《廣韻·上聲·阮·寋》)
Unihan definition:bar of door, bolt of lock

Example usage

《墨子·兼愛中》:東方漏之陸防孟諸之澤，灑為九澮，以楗東土之水，以利冀州之民。
In the east he drained the great Plain and built dykes along the Mengzhu River. The watercourse was divided into nine canals in order to regulate the water in the east and in order to benefit the people of the District of Ji.
《道德經》:善閉無關楗而不可開，善結無繩約而不可解。
The skilful closer needs no bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible; the skilful binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what he has bound will be impossible.
《老子河上公章句》:善閉無關楗而不可開善以道閉情欲、守精神者，不如門戶有關楗可得開。
《淮南子·齊俗訓》:故有大路龍旌，羽蓋垂緌，結駟連騎，則必有穿窬拊楗，抽箕逾備之奸。
《呂氏春秋·異用》:跖與企足得飴，以開閉取楗也。
《史記·河渠書》:是時東郡燒草，以故薪柴少，而下淇園之竹以為楗。
《國語·晉語八》:夫絳之富商，韋藩木楗以過于朝，唯其功庸少也，而能金玉其車，文錯其服，能行諸侯之賄，而無尋尺之祿，無大績于民故也。
《周禮·冬官考工記》:終日馳騁，左不楗。
《說文解字·木部》:楗：限門也。
《黃帝內經·骨空論》:蹇膝伸不屈治其楗，坐而膝痛治其機。
《道德真經註》:善閉無關楗而不可開，善結無繩約而不可解。
《金樓子·立言下》:故十圍之木持千鈞之屋，五寸之楗制九重之城，豈其才之足任哉？
《水經注·瓠子河》:隤竹林兮楗石菑，宣防塞兮萬福來。
《藝文類聚·寺碑》:《鍾銘》曰：篆間鎔刻，欒上雕鐫，聲齊法鼓，響逸鳴楗，舟移巨壑，火壞初禪。
《意林》:車無三寸轄則不可馳，戶無五寸楗則不可閉，故君子所須要也。
《廣韻·寋》:楗：關楗。
《太平御覽·鑰》:《風俗通》曰：鑰施懸魚，翳伏淵源，欲令楗閉如此。
《墨子閒詁·經說上》:畢云：「一本作『楗』。」
《全唐詩》:鐵樞鐵楗重束關，大旗五丈撞雙環。
《康熙字典·九》:又《韻會》巨偃切，音楗。

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