はし
わた
 

noun

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
はし
わた
 
箸渡し はしわたし

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)
transit, ford, ferry
わた.る わたり ト (7th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
degrees, occurrence, time
ド タク たび (3rd, N4)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)