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箸

箸

See also: 筷

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 箸

Etymology 1

The Classical Chinese word for "chopsticks". It has been replaced by 筷子 (kuàizi) in most dialects for taboo reasons, avoiding homophony with 住 (zhù, “stopping”) in boatmen's language. Still used in Min, and dialectal Mandarin/Wu/Cantonese/Hakka.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 箸
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 遟倨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖɨə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /ȡiɔH/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 箸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drjoH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]<r>ak-s/
English chopsticks

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 箸
Reading # 2/2
No. 16999
Phonetic
component		 者
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 箸
Old
Chinese		 /*das/

Definitions

箸

  1. (literary, regional) chopsticks   (Classifier: 雙／双; 奇 md; 跤 mn)
  2. (Min) chopstick-shaped object
    冰箸 [Min Dong]  ―  bĭng-{d}ê̤ṳ / [piŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ tøy²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  ice lolly
  3. (Cantonese, Min, dialectal Mandarin) Classifier for an amount of food held with a pair of chopsticks.
    我夾箸麵畀你試下吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我夹箸面畀你试下吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Ngo5 gaap3zyu6 min6 bei2 nei5 si3 haa5 aa1. [Jyutping]
    I'll get a "chopstick-ful" of noodles for you to try.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopsticks”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 箸、梜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 筷子
Mandarin Beijing 筷子
Taiwan 筷子
Tianjin 筷子
Jinan 筷子
Xi'an 筷子
Wuhan 筷子
Chengdu 筷子
Yangzhou 筷子
Hefei 筷子
Cantonese Guangzhou 筷子
Hong Kong 筷子
Taishan 筷子
Yangjiang 筷子
Gan Nanchang 筷子
Hakka Meixian 箸、筷隻、箸隻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 筷仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 筷仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 筷仔、箸
Dongshi (Dabu) 筷、箸
Zhuolan (Raoping) 箸
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 箸
Jin Taiyuan 筷子
Min Bei Jian'ou 箸
Min Dong Fuzhou 箸
Min Nan Quanzhou 箸、箸奇
Xiamen 箸、箸奇、箸雙、奇箸
Zhangzhou 箸、箸奇、奇箸
Taipei 箸
Kaohsiung 箸
Tainan 箸
Taichung 箸
Yilan 箸
Lukang 箸
Sanxia 箸
Kinmen 箸
Magong 箸
Hsinchu 箸
Malaysia 箸
Chaozhou 箸
Shantou 箸
Wu Shanghai 筷、筷子
Suzhou 筷兒
Wenzhou 箸
Xiang Changsha 筷子
Shuangfeng 筷子

Descendants

  • Burmese: တူ ‎(tu, “chopsticks”) (from Min Nan)
  • Korean: 저 (箸, jeo) > 젓가락 (jeotgarak, “chopsticks”)
  • Lao: ຖູ່ ‎(thū) > ໄມ້ຖູ່ ‎(mai thū, “chopsticks”)
  • Lü: ᦏᦴᧈ ‎(tʰuu²) > ᦙᦺᧉᦏᦴᧈ ‎(maj⁶tʰuu², “chopsticks”)
  • Vietnamese: đũa

Compounds

  • 借箸
  • 冰箸
  • 動箸／动箸
  • 攑箸
  • 火箸
  • 碗箸
  • 箸仔
  • 箸豆
  • 箸長碗短／箸长碗短
  • 箸隻／箸只
  • 箸雙／箸双
  • 象箸 (xiàngzhù)
  • 象箸玉杯

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 箸 – see 著.
(This character, 箸, is a variant form of 著.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
箸
はし
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Kanji

箸

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
箸
はし
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

箸 ‎(hiragana はし, romaji hashi)

  1. chopsticks

See also

References

    Korean

    Hanja

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

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    箸 (giạ, trứ, chước, đũa, trợ)

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    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

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