はし
箸
　
に
　
も
ぼう
棒
　
に
　
も
か
掛
　
か
　
ら
　
な
　
い

expression

  1. hopeless, unmanageable, incorrigible.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
はし
箸
　
に
　
も
ぼう
棒
　
に
　
も
か
掛
　
か
　
ら
　
な
　
い
 箸にも棒にも掛からない はしにもぼうにもかからない

Contained Kanji 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)
rod, stick, cane
ボウ (6th, N2)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
observance, offer, present
ブ　まつ.る　ホウ (8th, N1)
folded hands
three
サン　み　みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
hang, suspend, depend
か.ける　かけ　カイ (8th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
a divination sign
ケ　カ　カイ (Kentei Pre-1)
square jewel, corner, angle
ケイ　ケ　か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)