Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
chopsticks
Kun:
はし
On:
チョチャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2156 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 匕箸 【ヒチョ】 spoon and chopsticks

Kun reading compounds

  • 箸 【はし】 chopsticks
  • 箸洗い 【はしあらい】 simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony
  • マイ箸 【マイばし】 one's own chopsticks, washable chopsticks carried in a case (used instead of disposable chopsticks)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4
Korean:
jeo

Spanish

  • palillos (para comer o cocinar)

Portuguese

French

3422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2381 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1932 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3359 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2363 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
26224X Morohashi
2708 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4301 New Nelson (John Haig)
2640 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1348 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-9 SKIP code
8860.4 Four corner code
8860.3 Four corner code
1-40-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7bb8 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
wash, inquire into, probe
Kun:
あら.う
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1168 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 洗 【セン】 washing machine, (clothes) washer
  • 洗剤 【センザイ】 detergent, cleanser, cleaning agent, washing material
  • 水洗 【スイセン】 washing with water, rinsing, flushing
  • 杯洗 【ハイセン】 small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed

Kun reading compounds

  • 洗う 【あらう】 to wash, to cleanse, to rinse, to inquire into, to investigate, to purify (one's heart), to lave (e.g. shore), to wash over (e.g. deck), to sweep

Readings

Japanese names:
あらい、 らい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
se, seon

Spanish

  • lavar
  • limpiar
  • aclarar
  • investigar
  • indagar

Portuguese

  • lavar
  • indagar
  • sondar

French

  • laver
  • fouiller
  • examiner
927 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
916 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
626 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2551 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
925 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
210 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
817 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
692 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
705 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
198 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1189 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
465 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
255 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17379 Morohashi
388 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3131 New Nelson (John Haig)
249 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
264 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
888 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
357 2001 Kanji
3a6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3411.1 Four corner code
1-32-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d17 Unicode hex code