箸

15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

chopsticks

Kun'yomi
  • はし
    		chopsticks
On'yomi
  • チョ
  • チャク

Main Radical

竹(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

はし 100.0%

Character Breakdown

chopsticks
はし　チョ　チャク (11th)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
someone, person
シャ　もの (3rd, N4)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)

Common Words

はし
箸
chopsticks
わ
割
　
り
ばし
箸
dispensable chopsticks
はし
箸
た
立
　
て
chopstick stand ②weaning ceremony
ひ
火
ばし
箸
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier)
　
マ
　
イ
ばし
箸
one's own chopsticks
はし
箸
やす
休
　
め
entremets
はし
箸
お
置
　
き
chopstick rest
さい
菜
ばし
箸
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
はし
箸
づか
使
　
い
chopstick usage
まよ
迷
　
い
ばし
箸
hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)
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References

Unicode hex code 7BB8
JIS X 0208 1-40-4
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3422
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4301
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2708
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3359
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2363
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2640
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1348
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2381
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 26224X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1932
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f9.1
Four corner code 8860.4