懂中文 Dong Chinese

箸

zhù

chopsticks

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

bamboo

者 sound component

者  Sound component

zhě

  

one who...

Evolution

箸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
箸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
箸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

箸  

zhù

chopsticks; (literary) chopsticks

箸 (筯) 

zhù

variant of 箸[zhù]

Most common words with 箸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

箸

variant of 箸[zhù]

借箸

lit. to borrow chopsticks