Japanese Vocabulary Word • hiragana
橋
[ Kana: はし ]
/hashi/
JLPT N5HIRAGANA
Meaning / Translation
Bridge (橋) / Chopsticks (箸) / Edge (端)
💡 Hashi is Japan's most famous three-way homophone: Chopsticks (箸), Bridge (橋), and Edge (端), distinguished by context and pitch accent.
Example Sentence with Furigana (文例)
大きな川の橋を渡ります。
Ookina kawa no hashi wo watarimasu.
I cross the bridge over the big river.
Kanji Variations & Homophone Disambiguation (同音異義語)
In Japanese, identical kana readings can represent completely different Kanji with distinct meanings and pitch accents:
箸
頭高 (Atamadaka - ＼_ )
Chopsticks
Traditional Japanese dining utensils.
箸で食べる (hashi de taberu - Eat with chopsticks)
橋
Current Page尾高 (Odaka - _／＼ )
Bridge
Structure spanning rivers, roads, or valleys.
橋を渡る (hashi wo wataru - Cross a bridge)
端
平板 (Heiban - _／ )
Edge / Border / Tip
The boundary, corner, or margin of an area or object.
道の端を歩く (michi no hashi wo aruku - Walk on the edge of the road)
Character Breakdown (Spelling Guide)
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