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-<WL>筷 [kuài] (筷子) chopsticks
+<WL>筷 [kuài] (筷子) chopsticks@@; (HDZ:) 夹取饭菜或其他东西的细长棍子
-From 竹 (zhú) ‘bamboo’ and 快 kuài phonetic.
+The character 筷 kuài ‘(bamboo) chopsticks’ combines 竹 (zhú) ‘bamboo’, and 快(􁲑𢘦) kuài ‘happy’ (phonosemantic): chopsticks for easily/quickly eating tasty food to one's liking; formerly wr. 快.
+	Note: 筷 kuài ‘chopsticks’, formerly wr. 快(􁲑𢘦), in which the top of 夬(􀠚叏) suggests a pair of chopsticks picking up a noodle; cf. 㩻(􁦖) guǐ, 攲(􀠿) qī/jī.
+	Compare: 块/塊(􂘹) kuài ‘chunk’.
+	Compare: 箸(􀲙) zhù ‘chopsticks’ (箸子); 㩻(􁦖) guǐ, 攲(􀠿) qī/jī, 飯㩻 fànguǐ ‘chopsticks’ (also wr. 飯攲 fànqī/jī).
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-#c竹快忄夬
+#c竹快忄夬
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