筷 kuài
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 快 speedy, rapid, quick
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
筷子
kuàizi
chopsticks
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 筷子在桌上。 Kuàizi zài zhuō shàng. The chopsticks are on the table.
- 我用筷子。 Wǒ yòng kuàizi. I use chopsticks.
- 请拿筷子。 Qǐng ná kuàizi. Please take the chopsticks.