筷
chopstick
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,047 U+7B77
How 筷 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 快 (phonetic, kuài)
How to remember it
chopsticks · Heisig RSH #1276
竹 bamboo + 快 fast
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 筷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 | duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng | lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (i… |
| 火筷子 | huǒ kuài zi | fire tongs; hair curling tongs |
| 卫生筷 | wèi shēng kuài | disposable chopsticks |
| 环保筷 | huán bǎo kuài | reusable chopsticks (Tw) |
| 筷子腿 | kuài zi tuǐ | (coll.) skinny legs |
| 筷子 | kuài zi | chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1] |
| 公筷母匙 | gōng kuài mǔ chí | (Tw) serving chopsticks and serving spoons used in communal dining to promote hygiene |
| 公筷 | gōng kuài | serving chopsticks |
| 免洗筷 | miǎn xǐ kuài | (Tw) disposable chopsticks |
| 筷子芥 | kuài zi jiè | Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress |
| 碗筷 | wǎn kuài | bowl and chopsticks; tableware |