筌: bamboo fish trap

筌 quán

: bamboo fish trap

Kun Reading

うけ uke
うえ ue

noun
: cylindrical bamboo fish trap; weir

茶筌 | ちやせん chiyasen
: tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea
: hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
*得魚忘筌 | うおをえてせんをわする uo o ete sen o wasuru
: Having caught the fish, the trap may be forgotten, i.e. it is of secondary importance; also ingratitude.

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
*得魚忘筌 [得鱼忘筌] de2 yu2 wang4 quan2
: lit. catch fish then forget the trap (from Zhuangzi 莊子); fig. to take help for granted