筷
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See also: 箸
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Han character
筷 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹心木大 (HPDK), four-corner 88934, composition ⿱𥫗快)
References
- 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
Glyph origin
Etymology 1
From 快 (kuài), originally euphemistic for 箸 (zhù), homophonous to 住 (zhù, “to stay; to stop”). See 筷子 (kuàizi) for more.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kuai4
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): kuai3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): kuai3
- Eastern Min (BUC): kuái
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1khue; 5khua
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kuai4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
- Wade–Giles: kʻuai4
- Yale: kwài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
- Palladius: куай (kuaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: kuai4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kuai
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰuai²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: faai3
- Yale: faai
- Cantonese Pinyin: faai3
- Guangdong Romanization: fai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: fai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fai³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: kuai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰuai²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khoai
- Hakka Romanization System: kuai
- Hagfa Pinyim: kuai4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯ai̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: kuai3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰuai⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kuái
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰuɑi²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: kuai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ai̯⁴⁵/
- (Changsha)
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷraːds/
Definitions
筷
- chopsticks (Classifier: 雙／双 c)
- (Wu) Classifier for an amount of food held with a pair of chopsticks.
Synonyms
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī
- Tâi-lô: tī
- Phofsit Daibuun: di
- IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /ti³³/
- IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ti⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ti²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Kinmen, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong, Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tū
- Tâi-lô: tū
- Phofsit Daibuun: du
- IPA (Taipei): /tu³³/
- IPA (Penang): /tu²¹/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐr
- Tâi-lô: tǐr
- IPA (Lukang): /tɨ³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: de7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̄
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɯ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore, Philippines)
Definitions
筷
- (Hokkien, Teochew) Alternative form of 箸 (“chopstick”)
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- 妳甘知咱的愛情親像一双筷 挾著酸甘苦淡的滋味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- lí kám chai lán ê ài-chêng chhin-chhiūⁿ chi̍t siang tī, ngeh-tio̍h sng-kam-khó͘-chiáⁿ ê chu-bī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Do you know that our love is like a pair of chopsticks, holding sourness, sweetness, bitterness and tastelessness?
你甘知咱的爱情亲像一双筷 挟著酸甘苦淡的滋味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
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Kanji
筷
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