筷

See also: 箸
筷 U+7B77, 筷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B77
← 筶
[U+7B76]
CJK Unified Ideographs 筸 →
[U+7B78]

Translingual

Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character

筷 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹心木大 (HPDK), four-corner 88934, composition ⿱𥫗快)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 886, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26100
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2975, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+7B77

Chinese

trad. 筷
simp. # 筷

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

From 快 (kuài), originally euphemistic for 箸 (zhù), homophonous to 住 (zhù, “to stay; to stop”). See 筷子 (kuàizi) for more.

Pronunciation



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 筷
Reading # 1/1
No. 4409
Phonetic
component
夬
Rime
group
祭
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
快
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷraːds/
Notes 快的後起分別字

Definitions

筷

  1. chopsticks (Classifier: 雙/双 c)
    公筷  ―  gōngkuài  ―  serving chopsticks
    多個人,多雙筷 [Cantonese, trad.]
    多个人,多双筷 [Cantonese, simp.]
    do1 go3 jan4, do1 soeng1 faai3 [Jyutping]
    one more person [only requires] one more pair of chopsticks
  2. (Wu) Classifier for an amount of food held with a pair of chopsticks.
Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation


Definitions

筷

  1. (Hokkien, Teochew) Alternative form of 箸 (“chopstick”)

Japanese

Kanji

筷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. chopsticks

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かい (kai)
  • Kun: はし (hashi, 筷)
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