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箸

箸 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はし。食物を運ぶ食器の一種。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「竹」+音符「者」。「はし」を意味する漢語｛箸｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

chopsticks

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チョ
  • チャク
Kun (native)
  • はしJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音zhu4
  • 한글jeo
  • Hán-ViệtTrứ
  • Hán-ViệtTrợ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7BB8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗者

Words using this kanji

  • 箸はし（はし）東アジア地域を起源とし、現在もその地域を中心に広く用いられる食物を移動させるのに用いる食器の一種で、二本一組で用いられる棒。chopsticks
  • 箸箱はしばこchopstick case
  • 箸袋はしぶくろchopstick envelope, chopstick wrapper
  • 箸台はしだい「箸置き」に同じ。chopstick rest
  • 箸枕はしまくらchopstick rest
  • 箸紙はしがみchopstick paper wrapper, paper sheath for chopsticks
  • 箸筒はしづつcylindrical chopsticks container
  • 箸休めはしやすめentremets, intermezzo
  • 箸置きはしおきchopstick rest
  • 箸使いはしづかいchopstick usage
  • 箸初めはしぞめweaning ceremony
  • 箸洗いはしあらいsimple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony
  • 箸渡しはしわたしpassing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn, two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time, passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette), two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time
  • 箸立てはしたてchopstick stand, weaning ceremony
  • 箸が進むはしがすすむto eat a lot, to have a good appetite, appetizing
  • 箸を取るはしをとるto take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal), to start to eat, to eat
  • 箸にも棒にもかからないはしにもぼうにもかからないhopeless, incorrigible, beyond repair, good-for-nothing
  • 箸が転んでもおかしい年頃はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろage at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of girls in their late teens)
  • 箸にも棒にも引っかからないはしにもぼうにもひっかからないhopeless, incorrigible, beyond repair, good-for-nothing

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-9
Four Corner
8860.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f9.1
Heisig
1348
Nelson
3422