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Chopsticks


Radical Combination


Meaning

Chopsticks

Mnemonic

You give bamboo to someone and they make them into chopsticks. They are very talented at turning bamboo into bamboo chopsticks. This someone is an expert at their profession.

Watch this person take ordinary bamboo and transform it into chopsticks right before your eyes. Hear the whooshing and whittling sounds as they form the bamboo into chopsticks with expert speed and precision.


Reading

On'yomi

None

Kun'yomi

はし

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Now use those chopsticks to eat some delicious hash (はし) browns! That's what chopsticks were made for. That's what they're always made for.

Imagine trying to pick up hash browns with your chopsticks. They would be really hard to eat if you didn't have these handy eating tools!


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