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筷 kuài chopsticks

How to remember 筷: 𥫗 bamboo + 快 quick = chopsticks. The tourist grabs two bamboo sticks and tries to be quick with the dumplings, but they keep slipping through his chopsticks.

  • 3,110. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 13 strokes
  • Radical 竹

Component breakdown

筷 = 𥫗 bamboo + 快 quick

  • 𥫗 bamboo
  • 快 quick
    • 忄 heart
    • 夬 separate
The Gushi story

The tourist grabs two bamboo sticks and tries to be quick with the dumplings, but they keep slipping through his chopsticks.

How it is used

  • Chopsticks - bamboo radical ⺮ over 快 (kuài, fast/phonetic). The word is 筷子 (kuàizi).
  • Measure words: 一双筷子 (yì shuāng kuàizi) a pair of chopsticks, or 一根筷子 (yì gēn kuàizi) a single chopstick.
  • Folk etymology: the phonetic 快 replaced an older word to avoid a 'stop/slow' homophone on boats - a memory hook, since 筷子 sounds like 'quick ones'.

Words with 筷

Example sentences

  • 她用筷子吃寿司。 Tā yòng kuàizi chī shòusī.She's eating her sushi with chopsticks.