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箸

chopsticks
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingチョ、チャク
Kun readingはし
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. chopsticksRtK
    箸の使い方にはもうすっかりお慣れになったでしょう。You must be quite accustomed to using chopsticks by now.tatoeba
    私たちはナイフとフォークの代わりに箸を使う。We use chopsticks in place of knives and forks.tatoeba

Homonyms

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Same reading (はし)
橋 · bridge端 · end (e.g. of street)

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bamboo (竹) · someone · puppet · sooty · old man · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1348

Compound words

割り箸わりばし
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
火箸ひばし
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier)
割箸わりばし
dispensable chopsticks
菜箸さいばし
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
箸置はしおき
chopstick rest
箸箱はしばこ
chopstick case
匕箸ひちょ
spoon and chopsticks
わり箸わりばし
dispensable chopsticks
塗り箸ぬりばし
lacquered chopsticks
箸休めはしやすめ
entremets
箸置きはしおき
chopstick rest
孕み箸はらみばし
thick chopsticks with both ends equally thin
銜え箸くわえばし
holding one's chopsticks in one's mouth (a breach of etiquette)

Additional Examples

使い捨ての箸を使うよりもプラスチックの箸を洗って使う方がいい。
It's better to use plastic chopsticks and wash them than to use disposable chopsticks.tatoeba
最も古い中国の箸の中には、紀元前1200年にもさかのぼるものもある。
Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

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