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箸

Readings

Kana: チョ、チャク、はし
Romaji: cho, chaku, hashi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

chopsticks

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  118
Frequency:  2156
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-6-9
Korean Reading:  jeo
Chinese Reading:  zhu4
Unicode:  7bb8
JIS:  4824

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2708
Nelson Index: 3422
New Nelson Index: 4301
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f9.1
Four Corner Index: 8860.3
Japanese Names Index: 2381
Daikanwanjiten Index: 26224X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0815
Remembering the kanji Index: 2640
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2363
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1348
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3359

Words

箸 (はし)
chopsticks
割り箸 (わりばし)
splittable (wood) chopsticks
杉箸 (すぎばし)
chopsticks made of cedar
空箸 (そらばし)
touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)
箸休め (はしやすめ)
entremet; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses
箸置き (はしおき)
chopstick rest
箸箱 (はしばこ)
chopstick case
菜箸 (さいばし)
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
せせり箸 (せせりばし)
poking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
匕箸 (ひちょ)
spoon and chopsticks
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