箸

箸 U+7BB8, 箸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BB8 ← 箷 [U+7BB7] CJK Unified Ideographs 箹 → [U+7BB9]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𢷷, 櫡, 𥗁, 𦇃, 𨮿, 𣃑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 891, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26224
• Dae Jaweon: page 1318, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2979, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7BB8

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 箸
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (者) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tas, *das): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		箸
alternative forms		櫡 筯 筷 Min

The Classical Chinese word for "chopsticks". It has been replaced by 筷子 (kuàizi) in many dialects for taboo reasons, avoiding homophony with 住 (zhù, “stopping”) in boatmen's language. Still used in almost all Min dialects and sporadically in other topolects, such as Southern Wu topolects including Wenzhounese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhu

  (Hailu, HRS): chu^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cu⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): dṳ̄
• Eastern Min (BUC): dê̤ṳ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dy⁵ / du⁵ / di⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tī / tīr / tū / tǐ / tǐr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): de⁷ / du⁷

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): du¹ / zu⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jy⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴
    • Yale: jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu⁶
    • Yale: jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chu^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰu³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tøy²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dy⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty¹¹/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dy⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty²¹/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: du⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu¹¹/
  • (Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: di⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Changtai, Jinjiang, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī
    • Tâi-lô: tī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangpu, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /ti³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ti⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Singapore): /ti²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Kinmen, Singapore, Klang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīr
    • Tâi-lô: tīr
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɯ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Yongchun, Kinmen, Singapore): /tɯ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Hui'an): /tɯ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Nan'an, Klang): /tɯ³¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tū
    • Tâi-lô: tū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: du
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tu³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /tu²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tǐ
    • Sinological IPA (Longyan): /ti⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐr
    • Tâi-lô: tǐr
    • Sinological IPA (Lukang): /tɨ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: de⁷ / du⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̄ / tū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯ¹¹/, /tu¹¹/

Note:

• de7 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
• du7 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: du¹ / zu⁷
  • Sinological IPA: /tu³⁵/, /t͡su⁵⁵/

Note:

• du1 - vernacular;
• zu7 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy
    • MiniDict: zy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɹ̩²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jy⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjoH

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
Baxter	drjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ȡiɔH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭoH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]<r>ak-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*das/

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 or regional) chopsticks (Classifier: 雙／双; 奇 md mn)

   • 飯黍毋以箸。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     饭黍毋以箸。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Fàn shǔ wú yǐ zhù. [Pinyin]

     Do not use chopsticks in eating millet.

   • 停杯投箸不能食，拔劍四顧心茫然。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     停杯投箸不能食，拔剑四顾心茫然。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 774, 李白 (Li Bai), 《行路難》其一 (The Hard Road)

     Tíng bēi tóu zhù bùnéng shí, bájiàn sìgù xīn mángrán. [Pinyin]

     I rest my cup and throw away my chopsticks, I cannot eat or drink; I draw my sword and look around in confusion.

   • 紂王有一日得著一雙象牙ê箸，伊ê人臣箕子看了不止憂悶驚惶。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     纣王有一日得着一双象牙ê箸，伊ê人臣箕子看了不止忧闷惊惶。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1916, anon., Tùi小可會知大項

     Tiū-ông ū chi̍t ji̍t tit-tio̍h chi̍t siang chhiūⁿ-gê ê tī, i ê jîn-sîn Kî-chú khòaⁿ-liáu put-chí iu-būn kiaⁿ-hiâⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     One day, King Zhou got a pair of ivory chopsticks. His official Jizi saw that and became incessantly worried and frightened.

2. (Min) chopstick-shaped object

   冰箸 [Eastern Min]  ―  bĭng-*dê̤ṳ / [piŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ tøy²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  ice lolly

3. (literary or Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese) Classifier for an amount of food held with a pair of chopsticks: chopstickful

   我夾箸麵畀你試下吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我夹箸面畀你试下吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ gaap³ zyu⁶ min⁶ bei² nei⁵ si³ haa⁵ a¹. [Jyutping]

   I'll get a chopstickful of noodles for you to try.

   • 一箸青絲菜，三杯白玉醅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     一箸青丝菜，三杯白玉醅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Song dynasty, 王炎, 壬戌立春日

     Yī zhù qīngsī cài, sān bēi bái yùpēi. [Pinyin]

     A chopstickful of chive sprouts, three cups of beautiful white rice wine.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopsticks”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		箸, 梜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		筷子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	筷子
	Taiwan	筷子
	Chengde	筷子
	Ulanhot	筷子
	Tongliao	筷子
	Chifeng	筷子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	筷子
	Heihe	筷子
	Qiqihar	筷子
	Harbin	筷子
	Jiamusi	筷子
	Baicheng	筷子
	Changchun	筷子
	Tonghua	筷子
	Shenyang	筷子
	Jinzhou	筷子
	Malaysia	筷子
	Singapore	筷子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	筷子
	Tangshan	筷子
	Cangzhou	筷子
	Baoding	筷子
	Shijiazhuang	箸子
	Lijin	筷子
	Jinan	筷子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	筷子
	Dandong	筷子
	Yantai	筷子
	Yantai (Muping)	筷子
	Qingdao	筷子
	Zhucheng	筷子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	筷子
	Lingbao	筷子
	Jining	筷子
	Wanrong	筷子
	Linfen	筷子
	Shangqiu	筷子
	Yuanyang	筷子
	Zhengzhou	筷子, 筷兒
	Xinyang	筷子
	Ankang	筷子, 劃食子
	Ankang (Xianhe, Hanbin)	筷子, 劃食子
	Baihe	筷子
	Baihe (Maoping)	筷子, 劃食子
	Xi'an	筷子
	Dingbian	筷子
	Baoji	筷子
	Tianshui	筷子
	Xining	筷子, 箸兒
	Dunhuang (Hedong dialect)	筷子
	Xuzhou	筷子
	Pizhou	筷子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	筷子
	Donghai	筷子
	Fuyang	筷子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	筷子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	筷子
	Bayanhot	筷子
	Lanzhou	筷子
	Hami	筷子
	Ürümqi	筷子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	筷子, 籇竿
	Chengdu (Xindu)	筷子, 籇竿
	Chengdu (Pidu)	籇竿
	Chengdu (Wenjiang)	籇竿
	Chengdu (Shuangliu)	籇竿
	Chengdu (Xinjin)	籇竿
	Jintang	籇竿
	Pengzhou	籇竿
	Dujiangyan	籇竿
	Chongzhou	籇竿
	Dayi	籇竿
	Pujiang	籇竿
	Qionglai	籇竿
	Nanchong	筷子
	Nanbu	筷子, 箸子
	Dazhou	筷子
	Hanyuan	筷子
	Xichang	筷子
	Zigong	筷子
	Chongqing	筷子
	Wuhan	筷子
	Yichang	筷子
	Xiangyang	筷子
	Tianmen	筷子
	Guiyang	筷子
	Zunyi	筷子
	Bijie	筷子
	Liping	筷子
	Zhaotong	筷子
	Dali	筷子
	Kunming	筷子, 筷兒
	Mengzi	筷兒
	Guilin	筷子
	Pingle	筷子
	Liuzhou	筷子, 筷條
	Luzhai	筷子
	Nanning (Fujian)	筷子
	Nanning (Wuming)	筷子
	Binyang (Nanjie)	筷條
	Hechi (Yizhou)	筷子, 筷條
	Luocheng (Dongmen)	筷子, 筷條
	Tianlin (Langping)	筷子
	Jishou	筷子
	Changde	筷子
	Yongzhou	筷子
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	筷子
	Shiquan	筷子, 劃食子
	Ziyang	筷子, 劃食子
	Hanzhong	筷子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	筷子
	Reshuitang (Longling)	筷子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	筷子
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	筷子
	Oudomxay	筷子
	Pematangsiantar	筷子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	筷兒, 筷子
	Yangzhou	筷子
	Baoying	筷子
	Taizhou	筷子
	Zhenjiang	筷子
	Lianyungang	筷子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	筷子
	Lianshui	筷子
	Xuyi	筷子
	Xinghua	筷子
	Nantong	筷兒
	Rugao	筷兒
	Yancheng	筷子
	Funing	筷子
	Sihong	筷子
	Anqing	筷子
	Wuhu	筷子
	Hefei	筷子
	Huanggang	筷子
	Hong'an	筷子
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	筷子
	Nanping (Yanping)	筷子
	Wuping (Zhongshan Junjiahua)	筷子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	筷子
	Hong Kong	筷子, 筷 in limited contexts
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	筷子, 箸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	箸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	筷子
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	筷子
	Macau	筷子
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	筷子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	筷子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	筷子
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	筷子
	Foshan	筷子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	筷子
	Foshan (Shunde)	筷子
	Foshan (Sanshui)	筷子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	筷子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	筷子
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	筷子
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	筷子
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	筷子
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	筷子
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	筷子
	Taishan	筷子
	Taishan (Guanghai)	筷子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	筷子
	Enping (Niujiang)	筷子
	Heshan (Yayao)	筷子
	Dongguan	筷子
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	箸
	Qingyuan	筷子
	Fogang	筷子
	Yingde (Hanguang)	筷子
	Yangshan	箸, 筷子
	Lianshan (Butian)	箸
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	筷子
	Shaoguan	筷子
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	筷子
	Renhua	筷子
	Lechang	筷子
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	筷子
	Sihui	箸
	Guangning	箸
	Deqing	筷子
	Huaiji	箸
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	筷子
	Yunfu	筷子
	Xinxing	筷子
	Luoding	筷子
	Yunan (Pingtai)	筷子
	Yangjiang	筷子
	Xinyi	筷, 筷箸
	Maoming (Xinpo)	筷箸, 筷手
	Lianjiang	箸, 筷箸
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	筷子
	Nanning	筷子, 筷手
	Wuzhou	筷子, 筷手
	Yulin	筷子
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	筷箸
	Hepu (Shatian)	筷箸
	Guiping	筷子
	Mengshan (Xihe)	筷子
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	筷子
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	筷子
	Baise	筷子
Bobai	筷
Lingshan	筷箸
Pubei	筷箸
Qinzhou	筷子, 筷
Qinzhou (Changtan)	筷子
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	筷子, 筷箸, 筷手
Beihai	筷子
Beihai (Nankang)	筷子
Beihai (Yingpan)	筷箸
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	筷子
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	筷子
Ningming	筷子
Hengzhou	筷箸
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	筷箸
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	筷子
Danzhou	箸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	筷子
Singapore (Guangfu)	筷子
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	筷子
Móng Cái	筷子
Mandalay (Taishan)	筷子
Gan	Nanchang	筷子
	Pengze	筷子
	Lichuan	箸
	Pingxiang	筷子
	Liuyang	筷子
	Ankang (Niuti)	筷子
Hakka	Meixian	箸, 筷仔, 筷隻, 箸隻
	Xingning	筷哩, 筷隻
	Dabu (Xihe)	筷仔
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	箸
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	筷子, 箸
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	筷子, 箸
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	筷子
	Huiyang	筷孖
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	箸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	筷箸
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	箸
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	筷子
	Boluo (Bendihua)	筷子
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	筷子
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	筷子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	筷子
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	箸, 筷哩, 筷箸
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	筷哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	筷哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	箸
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	箸, 筷哩
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	筷
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	筷哎, 筷條, 箸
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	箸
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	箸
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	筷
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	筷
	Wengyuan	筷子
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	筷
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	筷
	Liannan	筷子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	筷
	Jiexi	箸
	Luhe	箸
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	箸
	Changting	筷子
	Shanghang	筷子
	Shanghang (Gutian)	筷子
	Longyan (Yongding)	筷子
	Wuping	筷子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	筷子
	Liancheng	箸隻, 筷子
	Ninghua	箸隻
	Yudu	筷子
	Ningdu	筷子
	Ruijin	筷子
	Shicheng	箸隻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	筷子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	筷子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	筷子
	Dayu	筷子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	筷仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	筷仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	筷仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	筷仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	筷仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	箸, 筷仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	筷, 箸
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	箸
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	箸
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	箸
Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng)	箸
Hong Kong	筷子, 筷孖
Yangxi (Tangkou)	筷子
Yangchun (Sanjia)	筷
Xinyi (Sihe)	筷
Xinyi (Qianpai)	筷
Gaozhou (Xindong)	箸
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	箸
Huazhou (Xin'an)	箸
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	箸
Lianjiang (Qingping)	箸
Mengshan (Xihe)	筷
Luchuan	筷
Luchuan (Daqiao)	筷箸
Bobai (Shahe)	筷, 箸
Beiliu (Tang'an)	箸
Mashan (Pianlian)	筷
Guidong	筷子
Chengdu (Longtan)	筷子
Chengdu (Shiling)	筷子
Chengdu (Longwang)	筷子
Chengdu (Shibantan)	筷子
Chengdu (Hexingchang)	筷子
Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict)	筷子, 籇竿
Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	筷子
Yilong (Ma'an)	筷子
Xichang (Huanglianguan)	筷子
Sabah (Bao'an)	筷子
Sabah (Longchuan)	筷哩
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	筷仔
Senai (Huiyang)	筷孖
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	筷
Singkawang	筷
Huizhou	Jixi	筷
	Shexian	筷
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	筷兒
	Xiuning	筷兒
	Yixian	筷兒
	Qimen	筷子
	Wuyuan	筷, 筷子
	Fuliang	筷子
	Dexing	筷子
	Chun'an (Qiandaohu)	筷, 筷子
	Chun'an (Jiangjia)	筷
	Jiande (Meicheng)	筷兒
	Jiande (Shouchang)	箸
Jin	Taiyuan	筷子
	Pingyao	筷子
	Yangyuan	筷子
	Datong	筷子
	Datong (Yunzhou)	筷子
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	筷子
	Xinzhou	筷子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	筷子
	Changzhi	筷子
	Taibus (Baochang)	筷子
	Linhe	筷子
	Jining	筷子
	Hohhot	筷子
	Baotou	筷子
	Dongsheng	筷子
	Haibowan	筷子
	Erenhot	筷子
	Pingshan	筷子
	Zhangjiakou	筷子
	Handan	筷子
	Anyang	筷子
	Linzhou	筷子
	Suide	筷子
Jiuxing Yumin	Jiande	筷兒
	Jinhua	筷兒
	Lanxi	筷兒
	Tunxi	筷兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	箸
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	飯箸
	Songxi	箸
	Zhenghe	箸
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	概手
	Jianyang	箸
	Wuyishan	箸
	Pucheng (Shibei)	箸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	箸
	Fuzhou (Changle)	箸
	Lianjiang	箸
	Fuqing	箸
	Pingtan	箸
	Yongtai	箸
	Minqing	箸
	Gutian	箸
	Pingnan	箸
	Luoyuan	箸
	Fu'an	箸
	Ningde	籌, 箸
	Xiapu	箸
	Zherong	箸
	Shouning	箸
	Zhouning	箸
	Fuding	飯箸
	Matsu	箸
	Taishun	飯箸
	Cangnan (Qianku)	箸
	Singapore (Fuqing)	箸
Southern Min	Xiamen	箸, 箸奇, 箸雙, 奇箸
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	箸
	Quanzhou	箸, 箸奇
	Jinjiang	箸, 箸奇
	Nan'an	箸
	Shishi	箸
	Hui'an	奇箸
	Anxi	箸
	Yongchun	箸
	Dehua	箸
	Zhangzhou	箸, 箸奇, 奇箸
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	箸
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	箸
	Hua'an	箸
	Nanjing	箸
	Pinghe	箸
	Zhangpu	箸
	Yunxiao	箸
	Zhao'an	箸
	Dongshan	箸
	Taipei	箸
	Taipei (Wanhua)	箸
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	箸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	箸
	Kaohsiung	箸
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	箸
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	箸
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	箸
	Yilan	箸
	Changhua (Lukang)	箸
	Taichung	箸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	箸
	Tainan	箸, 箸奇
	Taitung	箸
	Hsinchu	箸, 奇箸
	Kinmen	箸
	Penghu (Magong)	箸
	Penang (Hokkien)	箸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	箸
	Manila (Hokkien)	箸
	Medan (Hokkien)	箸
	Longyan	箸雙, 箸
	Shizhong	箸雙
	Zhangping	箸雙
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	箸雙
	Datian	箸
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	筷子
	Guilin (Biyange)	箸
	Cangnan	箸
	Chaozhou	箸
	Shantou	箸
	Shantou (Chenghai)	箸
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	箸
	Jieyang	箸
	Lufeng	箸
	Haifeng	箸
	Fengshun (Liuhuang)	箸
	Bangkok (Teochew)	箸
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	箸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	箸
	Singapore (Teochew)	箸
	Pontianak (Teochew)	箸
	Leizhou	糜箸, 箸
	Wenchang	糜箸, 箸
Haikou	糜箸, 箸
Qionghai	糜箸, 箸
Singapore (Hainanese)	糜箸
Puxian Min	Putian	箸
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	奇箸
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	箸
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	箸
	Xianyou	箸
	Xianyou (Fengting)	奇箸
	Xianyou (Youyang)	箸
Central Min	Yong'an	箸
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	箸
	Sanming (Shaxian)	箸
	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	箸
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	筷子, 箸
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	箸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	筷子
	Binyang	筷箸, 筷子
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	筷子
	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	筷子
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	筷箸, 筷子
Shehua	Fu'an	飯箸
	Fuding	飯箸
	Luoyuan	飯箸
	Sanming	箸
	Shunchang	箸
	Hua'an	箸
	Guixi (Zhangping)	箸
	Cangnan	飯箸
	Jingning (Hexi)	飯箸, 箸
	Lishui	飯箸
	Longyou	飯箸
	Chaozhou	箸
	Fengshun	箸
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	箸
Wu	Shanghai	筷, 筷子
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	筷子
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	筷子
	Shanghai (Jiading)	筷
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	筷子, 筷
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	筷子, 筷
	Shanghai (Chongming)	筷
	Suzhou	筷兒, 筷
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	筷
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	筷
	Wuxi	筷子, 筷
	Changshu	筷
	Kunshan	筷子
	Nantong (Haimen)	筷
	Jiaxing	筷, 筷子
	Jiashan	筷
	Pinghu	筷
	Haining (Yanguan)	筷
	Tongxiang	筷
	Haiyan	筷
	Changzhou	筷
	Liyang	筷子
	Yixing	筷, 筷則
	Danyang	筷
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	筷子
	Jingjiang	筷子
	Jiangyin	筷兒, 筷兒頭, 筷
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	筷則
	Huzhou	筷子
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	筷
	Changxing	筷
	Anji	筷子
	Deqing	筷兒
	Hangzhou	筷兒, 筷子
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	筷兒
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	筷子
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	筷
	Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)	筷
	Tonglu	筷子
	Tonglu (Wusheng)	筷子
	Shaoxing	筷
	Zhuji	筷
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	筷
	Shengzhou	筷
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	筷
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	筷
	Xinchang	箸
	Ningbo	筷
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	筷
	Ningbo (Fenghua)	筷
	Yuyao	筷, 筷子, 筷兒
	Cixi	筷
	Xiangshan	筷
	Ninghai	箸
	Zhoushan	筷, 筷子
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	箸
	Tiantai	箸
	Xianju	箸
	Sanmen	箸
	Linhai	箸
	Wenling	箸
	Wenzhou	箸
	Yueqing	箸
	Yongjia (Fenglin)	箸
Rui'an	箸
Pingyang	箸
Taishun	箸
Wencheng	箸
Lishui	箸
Qingtian	箸
Jinyun	箸
Wuyi (Liucheng)	箸
Songyang (Xiping)	箸
Yunhe	箸
Jingning	箸
Qingyuan	箸
Longquan	箸
Quzhou	筷兒
Suichang	箸
Jiangshan	箸
Changshan	箸
Kaihua	箸
Longyou	箸
Jinhua	箸, 筷子
Jinhua (Tangxi)	箸
Yiwu	箸
Yongkang	箸
Pujiang	箸
Dongyang	箸
Wuyi	箸
Lanxi	箸
Xiang	Changsha	筷子
	Xiangtan	筷子
	Xiangtan County (Cha'ensi)	筷子
	Xiangxiang	筷子
	Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)	筷子
	Loudi	筷子
	Shuangfeng	筷子
	Hengyang	筷子
	Hengshan	筷子
	Hengshan (Baiguo)	筷子
	Quanzhou	筷子
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	筷子
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	筷子
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	筷子
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	筷子
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	筷子
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	筷子
	Renhua (Shitang)	筷子
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	筷子
	Lechang (Changlai)	筷子
	Lechang (Beixiang)	筷子
	Lechang (Huangpu)	筷子
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	筷子
	Lechang (Sanxi)	筷子

Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopstickful”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		筷子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	箸子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	箸
	Hong Kong	箸
	Taishan	箸
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	箸
Wu	Shanghai	筷
	Shanghai (Chongming)	筷

Compounds

• 一箸
• 下箸 (xiàzhù)
• 倒箸
• 借箸
• 元箸
• 六箸
• 冰箸 (bīngzhù)
• 前箸
• 劉備失箸 / 刘备失箸
• 動箸 / 动箸
• 匕箸
• 回魚箸 / 回鱼箸
• 土箸
• 失匕箸
• 失箸
• 奇箸
• 張良借箸 / 张良借箸
• 攑箸 / 𫽥箸
• 放箸
• 析箸
• 杯箸
• 止箸
• 沙箸
• 淵箸 / 渊箸
• 火箸 (huǒzhù)
• 無下箸處 / 无下箸处
• 牙箸
• 犀箸
• 玄箸
• 玉箸 (yùzhù)
• 白箸
• 眾箸 / 众箸
• 碗箸 (wǎnzhù)
• 科斗箸
• 竹箸
• 箸仔
• 箸作
• 箸匕
• 箸土傅籍
• 箸奇
• 箸子 (zhùzi)
• 箸撰
• 箸瓶
• 箸筒
• 箸筩 / 箸筒
• 箸簍 / 箸篓
• 箸籠 / 箸笼 (zhùlóng)
• 箸論 / 箸论
• 箸豆
• 箸述
• 箸錄 / 箸录
• 箸長碗短 / 箸长碗短
• 箸隻 / 箸只
• 箸雙 / 箸双
• 箸鞭
• 籌箸 / 筹箸
• 罷箸 / 罢箸
• 聞雷失箸 / 闻雷失箸
• 臨食廢箸 / 临食废箸
• 舉箸 / 举箸 (jǔzhù)
• 藉箸代籌 / 借箸代筹
• 論箸 / 论箸
• 象箸 (xiàngzhù)
• 象箸玉杯 (xiàngzhùyùbēi)
• 超超玄箸
• 較箸 / 较箸
• 運箸 / 运箸
• 運籌借箸 / 运筹借箸
• 顯箸 / 显箸
• 食箸
• 飯飽丟箸 / 饭饱丢箸
• 飯飽弄箸 / 饭饱弄箸
• 髹箸

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (箸):

• → Japanese: 箸(じょ) (jo); 箸(だん) (dan)
• → Korean: 저(箸) (jeo)
• → Vietnamese: trứ (箸)

• → Baha: daau³³ (“chopsticks”)
• → Bouyei: deh (“chopsticks”)
• → Burmese: (via Min Nan) တူ (tu, “chopsticks”)
• → Lao: ຖູ່ (thū) > ໄມ້ຖູ່ (mai thū, “chopsticks”)
• ⇒ Lolopo: azzu (“chopsticks”)
• → Lü: ᦏᦴᧈ (ṫhuu¹) > ᦙᦺᧉᦏᦴᧈ (may²ṫhuu¹, “chopsticks”)
• → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *drouH (“chopsticks”)
  • Iu Mien: zouc
  • White Hmong: rawg
• → Nuosu: ꎋ (rrup, “chopsticks”)
• → Salar: çugu (“chopsticks”)
• → Sui: zuh (“chopsticks”)
• → Uyghur: چوكا (choka, “chopsticks”), (dialectal) چۆكۈچ (chöküch, “chopsticks”)
• → Vietnamese: đũa (“chopsticks”)
• → Zhuang: dawh (“chopsticks”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 箸 – see 著 (“to attach to; to stick to; to adhere to; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 著).

References

• “箸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “箸”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 139.

Japanese

Kanji

箸

(Jōyō kanji)

1. chopstick

Readings

From Middle Chinese 箸 (MC drjoH); compare Mandarin 箸 (zhù):

• Go-on: じょ (jo)^{←ぢよ (dyo, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょ (cho)

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 箸 (zhuó):

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←ぢやく (dyaku, historical)}、ちゃく (chaku)
• Kan-on: ちゃく (chaku)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: はし (hashi, 箸, Jōyō)、あらわす (arawasu, 箸す)、きる (kiru, 箸る)、つく (tsuku, 箸く)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、つく (tsuku)

Etymology

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

From Old Japanese, tentatively traced to Proto-Japonic *pasui (compare Ainu パスイ (pasui)). Probably related to 挟む (hasamu, “to pinch, to scissor, to hold between”), possibly also related to 嘴 (“beak”, pitch accent hàshí) or 端 (“tip”, pitch accent háꜜshì).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɕi]
• (Tokyo) はし [háꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])

• (Kyōto) はし [hàshí] (Teiki – [0])

• (Kyūshū) はし [hàshí] (type B)

Noun

箸(はし) • (hashi) 

1. chopsticks, a chopstick

   Synonym: お手元 (otemoto)

Derived terms

• 箸(はし)置(お)き (hashioki, “chopstick rest”)
• 箸袋(はしぶくろ) (hashibukuro)
• 金箸(かなばし) (kanabashi)
• 菜(さい)箸(ばし) (saibashi)
• 直箸(じかばし) (jikabashi)
• 取(と)り箸(ばし) (toribashi)
• 火箸(ひばし) (hibashi)
• 割(わ)り箸(ばし) (waribashi)

Descendants

• → Bengali: হাশি (haśi)
• → Esperanto: haŝio
• → Jeju: 하시 (hasi)
• → Mokilese: aji
• → Palauan: hasi
• → Portuguese: hashi

References

• “箸”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 箸 (MC drjoH).

Historical readings
Dongguk Jeongun reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	뗭〮 (Yale: ttyé)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3]	져〮 (Yale: cyé)	뎌〯 (Yale: tyě)
1. Hunmong Jahoe records the character with the variant 筯.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [저]

Hanja

箸 (eumhun 젓가락 저 (jeotgarak jeo))

1. hanja form^? of 저 (“chopsticks”) [affix]

Compounds

• 비저 (匕箸, bijeo)
• 시저 (匙箸, sijeo)
• 하저 (下箸, hajeo)
• 화저 (火箸, hwajeo)

Okinawan

Kanji

箸

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Kun: はーし (hāshi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
箸
はーし Grade: S
kun'yomi

First attested as 피시 (/⁠pʰi.si⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501). Cognate with Japanese 箸 (hashi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːɕi/

Noun

箸(はーし) (hāshi) 

1. chopstick

Compounds

• 火(ふぃー)箸(ばーし) (fībāshi)

Vietnamese

Han character

箸: Hán Việt readings: trứ, trợ
箸: Nôm readings: đũa, trứ, chước, giạ

1. chữ Nôm form of đũa (“chopstick(s)”)

Yonaguni

Kanji

箸

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Kun: はち (hachi)

Etymology

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

First attested as 피시 (/⁠pʰi.si⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501). Cognate with Japanese 箸 (hashi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hat͡ɕˀi/

Noun

箸(はち) (hachi) 

1. chopstick