Hanja Analyzer
箸

箸 — jeo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
젓가락 저
Romanization
jeo
English
chopsticks
Mandarin
zhù
Japanese on'yomi
チョ, チャク, ト
Japanese kun'yomi
はし
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,156 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
竹 (118, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+7BB8

Parts that make up 箸

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 者 놈 자 줄기가 무성한 사탕수수‘자·저·도·서’ 계열의 소리

How 箸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 箸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 者.

Korean example words with 箸

  • 비저匕箸 Korean gloss: 숟가락과 젓가락을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 시저匙箸 Korean gloss: 숟가락과 젓가락을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 하저下箸 Korean gloss: 젓가락을 댄다는 뜻으로, 음식을 먹음을 이르는 말.
  • 화저火箸 Korean gloss: 화로에 꽂아 두고 불덩이를 집거나 불을 헤치는 데 쓰는 쇠로 만든 젓가락.
  • 은시저銀匙箸 Korean gloss: 은으로 만든 숟가락과 젓가락.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 箸

  • 箸はし chopsticks
  • 割り箸わりばし dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)
  • 火箸ひばし long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
  • 箸箱はしばこ chopstick case
  • 菜箸さいばし long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
  • 杉箸すぎばし chopsticks made of cedar
  • 匕箸ひちょ spoon and chopsticks
  • 箸袋はしぶくろ chopstick envelope; chopstick wrapper; paper envelope in which chopsticks are presented
  • 空箸そらばし touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)
  • 涙箸なみだばし dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
  • 箸台はしだい chopstick rest
  • 箸枕はしまくら chopstick rest

Other hanja read “저”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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