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筷子 (kuài zi): meaning and stroke order

筷子 (kuài zi) means chopsticks, 对,根,把双.

筷子

Simplified
筷子
Traditional
筷子 (same form)
Pinyin
kuài zi

Stroke order of 筷子

筷

  • kuài chopstick
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

子

  • zǐ son; child
  • zi noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 筷子

  1. kuài zi
    • chopsticks
    • CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]

Radicals of the characters

筷
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 13 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 快 below
子
Radical 子 (Kangxi radical 39) · 3 strokes · built from 了 and 一

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

筷子 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 刚开始，她一个都拉不上去，每天练完胳膊疼得连筷子都拿不稳。

    gāng kāishǐ tā yí gè dōu lā bú shàngqu měitiān liàn wán gēbo téng de lián kuàizi dōu ná bù wěn

    At first she couldn't pull herself up even once, and after each session her arms hurt so much she could barely hold her chopsticks.

    From the story Pull-ups HSK 4

  • 马修愣住了，然后哈哈大笑，把筷子一放，认真地对王总说：“王总，这顿饭，我恐怕要吃到明年了！”

    Mǎxiū lèng zhù le ránhòu hāhā dà xiào bǎ kuàizi yí fàng rènzhēn de duì Wáng zǒng shuō Wáng zǒng zhè dùn fàn wǒ kǒngpà yào chī dào míngnián le

    Matthew froze, then roared with laughter, put down his chopsticks and said solemnly to Mr Wang, "Mr Wang, I'm afraid I'd have been eating this meal until next year!"

    From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6

Stories using 筷子

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).