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箸 means 'chopsticks'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 1976   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-37    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 19 words   Used in 63 words   Used in 78 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   はし chopsticks
Additional readings
On    チョ   チャク
Notes
This kanji uses the non-Joyo form of 者 (person), 者.
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Learn how chopsticks can rest and bathe—and what “pregnant chopsticks” signify. See how 箸 can serve as a stand-in for “eating.” If a human uses one end of chopsticks, find out who eats from the other end. Discover dozens of chopstick taboos, and see which ones remind people of funerals. Find out about the おてもと on chopstick wrappers, and learn why the Chinese dropped 箸.
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Components
⿱  ⺮ (竹) bamboo  者 person  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 箸 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 箸 is used 62 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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チョ : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
spoon and chopsticks
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はし : 18 words FIND ALL
noun
chopsticks  (see also: 箸)
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はし (read as ばし) : 43 words FIND ALL
わ り ば し 0 わ り ば し 3
Most common form: わり箸
noun
splittable (wood) chopsticks
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An additional 5 less common words include 箸 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 2094  Key to Kanji: - 

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箸
はし chopsticks   
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者
シャ   もの person, someone   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
耂
old
⺮
bamboo
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