Wiktionary

筷

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

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad. 筷
simp. # 筷

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (夬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
袂 *mɡʷeds
夬 *kʷraːds
快 *kʰʷraːds
駃 *kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd
筷 *kʰʷraːds
炔 *kʷeːds
觖 *kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd
缺 *kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd
蒛 *kʰʷed
吷 *qʰʷed
妜 *qʷed, *qʷeːd
決 *kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
訣 *kʷeːd
抉 *kʷeːd, *qʷeːd
玦 *kʷeːd
芵 *kʷeːd
赽 *kʷeːd
鴂 *kʷeːd
鈌 *kʷeːd
决 *kʷeːd
疦 *kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
蚗 *kʷeːd
趹 *kʷeːd

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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 edit

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 edit
Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopsticks”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 箸, 梜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 筷子
Mandarin Beijing 筷子
Taiwan 筷子
Tianjin 筷子
Chengde 筷子
Tangshan 筷子
Cangzhou 筷子
Baoding 筷子
Shijiazhuang 箸子
Ulanhot 筷子
Tongliao 筷子
Chifeng 筷子
Bayanhot 筷子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 筷子
Heihe 筷子
Qiqihar 筷子
Harbin 筷子
Jiamusi 筷子
Baicheng 筷子
Changchun 筷子
Tonghua 筷子
Shenyang 筷子
Dandong 筷子
Jinzhou 筷子
Dalian 筷子
Yantai 筷子
Yantai (Muping) 筷子
Qingdao 筷子
Lijin 筷子
Zhucheng 筷子
Jinan 筷子
Jining 筷子
Luoyang 筷子
Wanrong 筷子
Shangqiu 筷子
Yuanyang 筷子
Zhengzhou 筷子, 筷兒
Lingbao 筷子
Xinyang 筷子
Ankang 筷子, 劃食子
Ankang (Xianhe) 筷子, 劃食子
Baihe 筷子
Baihe (Maoping) 筷子, 劃食子
Shiquan 筷子, 劃食子
Ziyang 筷子, 劃食子
Hanzhong 筷子
Xi'an 筷子
Dingbian 筷子
Baoji 筷子
Yinchuan 筷子
Tianshui 筷子
Lanzhou 筷子
Dunhuang 筷子
Xining 筷子, 箸兒
Hami 筷子
Ürümqi 筷子
Wuhan 筷子
Huanggang 筷子
Yichang 筷子
Xiangyang 筷子
Tianmen 筷子
Hong'an 筷子
Chengdu 筷子, 檺竿
Chengdu (Xindu) 筷子, 檺竿
Nanchong 筷子
Nanbu 筷子, 箸子
Dazhou 筷子
Hanyuan 筷子
Xichang 筷子
Zigong 筷子
Chongqing 筷子
Guiyang 筷子
Zunyi 筷子
Bijie 筷子
Liping 筷子
Zhaotong 筷子
Dali 筷子
Kunming 筷子, 筷兒
Mengzi 筷兒
Guilin 筷子
Pingle 筷子
Liuzhou 筷子, 筷條
Luzhai 筷子
Nanning (Fujian) 筷子
Nanning (Wuming) 筷子
Binyang (Nanjie) 筷條
Yizhou 筷子, 筷條
Luocheng (Dongmen) 筷子, 筷條
Tianlin (Langping) 筷子
Jishou 筷子
Changde 筷子
Yongzhou 筷子
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 筷子
Anqing 筷子
Xuzhou 筷子
Pizhou 筷子
Ganyu 筷子
Fuyang 筷子
Wuhu 筷子
Yangzhou 筷子
Baoying 筷子
Lianyungang 筷子
Donghai 筷子
Huai'an (Huaiyin) 筷子
Lianshui 筷子
Xuyi 筷子
Xinghua 筷子
Nanjing 筷兒, 筷子
Hefei 筷子
Nantong 筷兒
Rugao 筷兒
Yancheng 筷子
Funing 筷子
Sihong 筷子
Taizhou 筷子
Zhenjiang 筷子
Malaysia 筷子
Singapore 筷子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 筷子
Dagudi (Maliba) 筷子
Reshuitang (Longling) 筷子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 筷子
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 筷子
Oudomxay 筷子
Pematangsiantar 筷子
Cantonese Guangzhou 筷子
Hong Kong 筷子, 筷 in limited contexts
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 筷子, 箸
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 箸
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 筷子
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 筷子
Macau 筷子
Guangzhou (Panyu) 筷子
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 筷子
Guangzhou (Conghua) 筷子
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 筷子
Foshan 筷子
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 筷子
Foshan (Shunde) 筷子
Foshan (Sanshui) 筷子
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 筷子
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 筷子
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 筷子
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 筷子
Zhuhai (Doumen) 筷子
Jiangmen (Baisha) 筷子
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 筷子
Taishan 筷子
Taishan (Guanghai) 筷子
Kaiping (Chikan) 筷子
Enping (Niujiang) 筷子
Heshan (Yayao) 筷子
Dongguan 筷子
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 箸
Qingyuan 筷子
Fogang 筷子
Yingde (Hanguang) 筷子
Yangshan 箸, 筷子
Lianshan (Butian) 箸
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 筷子
Shaoguan 筷子
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 筷子
Renhua 筷子
Lechang 筷子
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 筷子
Sihui 箸
Guangning 箸
Deqing 筷子
Huaiji 箸
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 筷子
Yunfu 筷子
Xinxing 筷子
Luoding 筷子
Yunan (Pingtai) 筷子
Yangjiang 筷子
Xinyi 筷, 筷箸
Maoming (Xinpo) 筷箸, 筷手
Lianjiang 箸, 筷箸
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 筷子
Nanning 筷子, 筷手
Wuzhou 筷子, 筷手
Yulin 筷子
Hepu (Lianzhou) 筷箸
Hepu (Shatian) 筷箸
Guiping 筷子
Mengshan (Xihe) 筷子
Guigang (Nanjiang) 筷子
Beiliu (Tangliao) 筷子
Baise 筷子
Bobai 筷
Lingshan 筷箸
Pubei 筷箸
Qinzhou 筷子
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 筷子, 筷箸, 筷手
Beihai 筷子
Beihai (Nankang) 筷子
Beihai (Yingpan) 筷箸
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 筷子
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 筷子
Ningming 筷子
Hengzhou 筷箸
Hezhou (Pumen) 筷箸
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 筷子
Danzhou 箸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 筷子
Singapore (Guangfu) 筷子
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 筷子
Móng Cái 筷子
Mandalay (Taishan) 筷子
Gan Nanchang 筷子
Pengze 筷子
Lichuan 箸
Pingxiang 筷子
Liuyang 筷子
Hakka Meixian 箸, 筷仔, 筷隻, 箸隻
Dabu (Xihe) 筷兒
Fengshun (Tangkeng) 箸
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 筷子, 箸
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 筷子, 箸
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 筷子
Huiyang 筷孖
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 箸
Dongguan (Qingxi) 筷箸
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 箸
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 筷子
Boluo (Bendihua) 筷子
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 筷子
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 筷子
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 筷子
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 箸, 筷哩, 筷箸
Wuhua (Huacheng) 筷哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 筷哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 箸
Heyuan (Bendihua) 箸, 筷哩
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 筷
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 筷哎, 筷條, 箸
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 箸
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 箸
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 筷
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 筷
Wengyuan 筷子
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 筷
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 筷
Liannan 筷子
Conghua (Lütian) 筷
Jiexi 箸
Luhe 箸
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 箸
Changting 筷子
Wuping 筷子
Wuping (Yanqian) 筷子
Liancheng 箸隻, 筷子
Ninghua 箸隻
Yudu 筷子
Ningdu 筷子
Shicheng 箸隻
Shangyou (Shexi) 筷子
Tonggu (Sandu) 筷子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 筷子
Dayu 筷子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 筷仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 筷仔
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 筷仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 筷仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 箸, 筷仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 筷, 箸
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 箸
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 箸
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 箸
Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) 箸
Hong Kong 筷子, 筷孖
Yangxi (Tangkou) 筷子
Yangchun (Sanjia) 筷
Xinyi (Sihe) 筷
Xinyi (Qianpai) 筷
Gaozhou (Xindong) 箸
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 箸
Huazhou (Xin'an) 箸
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 箸
Lianjiang (Qingping) 箸
Mengshan (Xihe) 筷
Luchuan 筷
Luchuan (Daqiao) 筷箸
Bobai (Shahe) 筷, 箸
Beiliu (Tang'an) 箸
Mashan (Pianlian) 筷
Guidong 筷子
Chengdu (Longtan) 筷子
Chengdu (Shiling) 筷子
Chengdu (Longwang) 筷子
Chengdu (Shibantan) 筷子
Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) 筷子, 檺竿
Sabah (Bao'an) 筷子
Sabah (Longchuan) 筷哩
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 筷兒
Senai (Huiyang) 筷孖
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 筷
Singkawang 筷
Huizhou Jixi 筷
Shexian 筷
Tunxi 筷兒
Xiuning 筷兒
Yixian 筷兒
Qimen 筷子
Wuyuan 筷, 筷子
Fuliang 筷子
Dexing 筷子
Chun'an (Qiandaohu) 筷, 筷子
Chun'an (Jiangjia) 筷
Jiande (Meicheng) 筷兒
Jiande (Shouchang) 箸
Jin Taiyuan 筷子
Pingyao 筷子
Yangyuan 筷子
Datong 筷子
Datong (Yunzhou) 筷子
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) 筷子
Xinzhou 筷子
Lishi 筷子
Linfen 筷子
Changzhi 筷子
Taibus (Baochang) 筷子
Linhe 筷子
Jining 筷子
Hohhot 筷子
Baotou 筷子
Dongsheng 筷子
Haibowan 筷子
Erenhot 筷子
Pingshan 筷子
Zhangjiakou 筷子
Handan 筷子
Linzhou 筷子
Suide 筷子
Jiuxing Yumin Jiande 筷兒
Jinhua 筷兒
Lanxi 筷兒
Tunxi 筷兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 箸
Jian'ou (Dikou) 飯箸
Songxi 箸
Zhenghe 箸
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 概手
Jianyang 箸
Wuyishan 箸
Pucheng (Shibei) 箸
Eastern Min Fuzhou 箸
Changle 箸
Lianjiang 箸
Fuqing 箸
Pingtan 箸
Yongtai 箸
Minqing 箸
Gutian 箸
Pingnan 箸
Luoyuan 箸
Fu'an 箸
Ningde 籌, 箸
Xiapu 箸
Zherong 箸
Shouning 箸
Zhouning 箸
Fuding 飯箸
Matsu 箸
Taishun 飯箸
Cangnan 箸
Singapore (Fuqing) 箸
Southern Min Xiamen 箸, 箸奇, 箸雙, 奇箸
Xiamen (Tong'an) 箸
Quanzhou 箸, 箸奇
Jinjiang 箸, 箸奇
Nan'an 箸
Shishi 箸
Hui'an 奇箸
Anxi 箸
Yongchun 箸
Dehua 箸
Zhangzhou 箸, 箸奇, 奇箸
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 箸
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 箸
Hua'an 箸
Nanjing 箸
Pinghe 箸
Zhangpu 箸
Yunxiao 箸
Zhao'an 箸
Dongshan 箸
Taipei 箸
Taipei (Wanhua) 箸
New Taipei (Tamsui) 箸
New Taipei (Sanxia) 箸
Kaohsiung 箸
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 箸
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 箸
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 箸
Yilan 箸
Changhua (Lukang) 箸
Taichung 箸
Taichung (Wuqi) 箸
Tainan 箸
Taitung 箸
Hsinchu 箸
Kinmen 箸
Penghu (Magong) 箸
Penang (Hokkien) 箸
Singapore (Hokkien) 箸
Manila (Hokkien) 箸
Medan (Hokkien) 箸
Longyan 箸雙, 箸
Zhangping 箸雙
Zhangping (Yongfu) 箸雙
Datian 箸
Pingnan (Shangdu) 筷子
Guilin (Biyange) 箸
Cangnan 箸
Chaozhou 箸
Shantou 箸
Shantou (Chenghai) 箸
Shantou (Chaoyang) 箸
Jieyang 箸
Lufeng 箸
Haifeng 箸
Fengshun (Liuhuang) 箸
Bangkok (Teochew) 箸
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 箸
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 箸
Singapore (Teochew) 箸
Pontianak (Teochew) 箸
Leizhou 糜箸, 箸
Wenchang 糜箸, 箸
Haikou 糜箸, 箸
Qionghai 糜箸, 箸
Singapore (Hainanese) 糜箸
Puxian Min Putian 箸
Putian (Donghai) 奇箸
Xianyou 箸
Central Min Yong'an 箸
Sanyuan 箸
Shaxian 箸
Yanping (Wangtai) 箸
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 筷子, 箸
Sanxiang 箸
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 筷子
Binyang 筷箸, 筷子
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 筷子
Guilin (Dongbianzhou) 筷子
Lingchuan (Sanjie) 筷箸, 筷子
Shehua Fu'an 飯箸
Fuding 飯箸
Luoyuan 飯箸
Sanming 箸
Shunchang 箸
Hua'an 箸
Guixi (Zhangping) 箸
Cangnan 飯箸
Jingning 飯箸, 箸
Lishui 飯箸
Longyou 飯箸
Chaozhou 箸
Fengshun 箸
Wu Shanghai 筷, 筷子
Shanghai (Chongming) 筷
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 筷子, 筷
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 筷子, 筷
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 筷子
Shanghai (Songjiang) 筷子
Suzhou 筷兒, 筷
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 筷
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 筷
Wuxi 筷子, 筷
Changshu 筷
Kunshan 筷子
Jiaxing 筷, 筷子
Jiashan 筷
Pinghu 筷
Haining (Yanguan) 筷
Tongxiang 筷
Haiyan 筷
Changzhou 筷
Liyang 筷子
Yixing 筷, 筷子
Danyang 筷
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) 筷子
Jingjiang 筷子
Jiangyin 筷兒, 筷兒頭, 筷
Gaochun 筷子
Huzhou 筷子
Huzhou (Shuanglin) 筷
Changxing 筷
Anji (Ancheng) 筷子
Deqing 筷兒
Hangzhou 筷兒, 筷子
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 筷兒
Hangzhou (Lin'an) 筷子
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 筷
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) 筷
Tonglu 筷子
Tonglu (Wusheng) 筷子
Shaoxing 筷
Zhuji 筷
Zhuji (Wangjiajing) 筷
Shengzhou 筷
Shengzhou (Chongren) 筷
Shengzhou (Taiping) 筷
Xinchang 箸
Ningbo 筷
Zhenhai 筷
Fenghua 筷
Yuyao 筷, 筷子, 筷兒
Cixi 筷
Xiangshan 筷
Ninghai 箸
Zhoushan 筷, 筷子
Huangyan 箸
Tiantai 箸
Xianju 箸
Sanmen 箸
Linhai 箸
Wenling 箸
Wenzhou 箸
Yueqing 箸
Yongjia (Fenglin) 箸
Rui'an 箸
Pingyang 箸
Taishun 箸
Wencheng 箸
Lishui 箸
Qingtian 箸
Jinyun 箸
Wuyi (Liucheng) 箸
Songyang (Xiping) 箸
Yunhe 箸
Jingning 箸
Qingyuan 箸
Longquan 箸
Quzhou 筷兒
Suichang 箸
Jiangshan 箸
Changshan 箸
Kaihua 箸
Longyou 箸
Jinhua 箸, 筷子
Jinhua (Tangxi) 箸
Yiwu 箸
Yongkang 箸
Pujiang 箸
Dongyang 箸
Wuyi 箸
Lanxi 箸
Xiang Changsha 筷子
Xiangtan 筷子
Xiangxiang 筷子
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) 筷子
Loudi 筷子
Shuangfeng 筷子
Hengshan 筷子
Hengshan (Baiguo) 筷子
Quanzhou 筷子
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) 筷子
Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopstickful”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 筷子
Mandarin Beijing 箸子
Cantonese Guangzhou 箸
Hong Kong 箸
Taishan 箸
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 箸
Wu Shanghai 筷
Shanghai (Chongming) 筷

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

筷

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

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

筷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. chopsticks

Readings edit

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