筷kuài
chopsticks. 13 strokes, radical ⺮, first met in HSK 2.
Pinyin kuàiStrokes 13Radical ⺮Band HSK 2Words 1
How to write 筷
Strokes 1–6 write ⺮, then strokes 7–13 write 快.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 筷 · the stroke-order rules
What 筷 is made of
⺮ (zhú, bamboo) and 快 (kuài, speedy).
⺮ carries the meaning — bamboo — and 快 carries the sound.
Words that use 筷
| 筷子 | chopsticks 吃饭时用来夹菜的两根细棍 他挥动竹筷子补充体力。He waved his bamboo chopsticks to refuel. Lesson 46, 打篮球 · 研精竭虑与博闻多能 · Rigorous Inquiry & Versatile Learning |
More characters with the radical ⺮
All 20 of them, and what the radical means, on the 竹 radical page.