箸

See also: 筷

Translingual

Han character

箸 (radical 118 竹+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹十大日 (HJKA), four-corner 8860₄)

1. chopsticks

References

• KangXi: page 891, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26224
• Dae Jaweon: page 1318, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2979, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7BB8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

箸 (Jyutping zyu3, zyu6, Yale jyu3, jyu6)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

箸

はし Grade: S

kun'yomi

Kanji

箸

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちょ (cho), ちゃく (chaku)
• Kun: はし (hashi)

Compounds

• 菜箸 (saibashi)
• 割り箸 (waribashi)
• 箸置き (はしおき, hashioki, “chopstick rest”)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) は​し [háshì] (Atamadaka)
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɕi]

Noun

箸 (hiragana はし, romaji hashi)

1. chopsticks

See also

• おてもと, お手許, お手元, 御手許, 御手元 (otemoto)

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Korean

Hanja

箸 (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune-Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

箸 (Pinyin zhù (zhu4), Wade-Giles chu⁴)

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Min Nan

Noun

箸 (traditional and simplified, POJ tī, tū)

1. chopsticks

Descendants

• Burmese: တူ (tu, “chopsticks”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

箸 (trứ, trợ)

Readings

• Nôm: đũa, giạ, trứ, trợ

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999