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The character 楗 is a phono-semantic compound for a type of structural hardware. It combines the wood radical 木 (mù) on the left, signifying that the object is typically made of wood, with the phonetic component 建 (jiàn) on the right, meaning 'to build' or 'to establish'. Its primary meanings include a wooden peg, door bar, or structural post used to secure barriers, lock gates, or reinforce waterworks. The character also extends to a verb meaning to block or stop up a passage with wooden stakes.
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