漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
箸: chopsticks
N1 (our estimate)15 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
竹 carries the meaning · 者 is drawn in
15 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
はしhashi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 箸はしchopsticks
- 割り箸わりばしdispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
- 火箸ひばしlong metal chopsticks (for handling…
Also read チョ, チャク, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flexible and strong! Imagine a thicket of green bamboo swaying in the wind, bending but never breaking.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
者
Also built on someone (者)
Also read チョ
4 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read チャク
3 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side箸 chopsticks · 竹
vs賭 gamble · 貝In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhù
Same form: 箸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 箸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 箸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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