Xiēxíng wénzì shì yòng lúwěi gǎn yā zài shī níbǎn shàng de, měi yì bǐ dōu xiàng yí ge xiǎo xiēzi.
Cuneiform was pressed into wet clay with a reed, so every stroke looks like a little wedge.
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楔 is read xiē 'wedge', not qì. 楔形 'wedge-shaped' plus 文字 'script' is the same image as the English word, from Latin cuneus 'wedge'. The Sumerians of 美索不达米亚 began writing it over five thousand years ago.
