筷
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chopstick
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 竹 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 筷
- Common rank
- #3,047
- Unicode
- U+7B77
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
chopsticks · Heisig RSH #1276
竹 bamboo + 快 fast
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 筷
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 | lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (i… | |
| 火筷子 | fire tongs; hair curling tongs | |
| 卫生筷 | disposable chopsticks | |
| 环保筷 | reusable chopsticks (Tw) | |
| 筷子腿 | (coll.) skinny legs | |
| 筷子 | chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1] | |
| 公筷母匙 | (Tw) serving chopsticks and serving spoons used in communal dining to promote hygiene | |
| 公筷 | serving chopsticks | |
| 免洗筷 | (Tw) disposable chopsticks | |
| 筷子芥 | Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress | |
| 碗筷 | bowl and chopsticks; tableware |