栅
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Meaning: fence
💡 Wood (木) stakes tied with a strap (册) form a fence.
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Character Story & Explanation
栅 (zhà) depicts a 'fence' or 'palisade', combining the radical 木 (wood) with 册 (cè, book/record) as a phonetic. Its ancient form showed wooden stakes bound together, like a primitive barrier. Used in words like 栅栏 (zhàlan, fence) and 栅门 (zhàmén, gate), it reflects early Chinese use of wood for enclosure and defense.
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