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Chopsticks

Chopsticks are shaped pairs of equal-length sticks that have been used as kitchen and eating utensils in most countries of the Sinosphere for over three millennia. They are held in the dominant hand, secured by fingers, and wielded as extensions of the hand, to pick up food.

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Chinese
筷子 · 箸
Chữ Hán
Chữ Nôm
𥮊
Hangul
젓가락
Hanyu Pinyin
kuàizi · zhù
IPA
[kʰwâɪ.tsɨ]

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Origin and history

Styles of chopsticks

Using chopsticks

Learning to use chopsticks

Chopstick customs, manners and etiquette

Global impacts

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Chopsticks

Nodes137
Edges136
Triples218
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014599
Components1

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Chopsticks

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related to Common characteristics · 31
Chopsticks → Almost, Also, Bamboo, Chinese, Cross-section, Depending, Disposable, Embellishments, Higher-priced, In Japanese, Japanese, Korean, Length, Material, Melamine, Metal, Other, Plastic, Silver, Silver-tipped
related to Propagation throughout the world · 28
Chopsticks → As Han Chinese, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East, Han Chinese, In Laos, In Singapore, Indians, Isshiki Hachiro, Japan, Korea, Laos, Lynn White, Malays, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Overall, Scholars
related to history · 17
Chopsticks → Anyang, BC, BCE, Erlitou, Han, Han Fei, Han Feizi, Henan, However, Ruins, Shang, Sima Qian, The, These, They, Xia, Yin
related to Learning aids · 13
Chopsticks → East Asian, Fork, Knife Chopsticks, Kwik Stix, Many, Often, Other, Some, The, The Chork, These, This, While
related to As cooking utensils · 12
Chopsticks → For, Han, Japan, Japanese, Korea, North China, One, Ryōribashi, The, These, They, While
related to Naming in different countries · 12
Chopsticks → Although, Chinese, Hokkien, In, It, Mandarin, Middle Chinese, Min Chinese, Old Chinese, Teochew, The, The Standard Chinese
related to Chopstick customs, manners and etiquette · 8
Chopsticks → Asia, Chopstick, Etiquette, In, Japan, Similarly, The, There
related to Chopstick grips · 8
Chopsticks → Although, But, Lifelong, Nobel Prize, Regardless, They, Tsung-Dao Lee, Whatever
has impact · 7
Chopsticks → China, In April, In China, Japan, Japanese, The, This
related to Learning to use chopsticks · 7
Chopsticks → Adult, All, But, In, The, There, Various

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Important terminology

used food use eating spoon bamboo made chopstick china also chinese japanese grip standard called sticks often using utensils rice

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ChopsticksChinese筷子1.00infobox
ChopsticksChinese1.00infobox
ChopsticksChữ Hán1.00infobox
ChopsticksChữ Nôm𥮊1.00infobox
ChopsticksFuzhou BUCdê̤ṳ / .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA…1.00infobox
ChopsticksHangul젓가락1.00infobox
ChopsticksHanyu Pinyinkuàizi1.00infobox
ChopsticksHanyu Pinyinzhù1.00infobox
ChopsticksIPA[kʰwâɪ.tsɨ]1.00infobox
ChopsticksJyutpingfaai3-zi21.00infobox
ChopsticksJyutpingzyu61.00infobox
ChopsticksKanaはし1.00infobox
ChopsticksKanji1.00infobox
ChopsticksMcCune–Reischauerchŏkkarak1.00infobox
ChopsticksRevised Romanizationjeotgarak1.00infobox
ChopsticksRomanizationkhuae去-tsy上1.00infobox
ChopsticksRomanizationkuai-e1.00infobox
ChopsticksRomanizationhashi1.00infobox
ChopsticksTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinkuàiziWade–Gilesk'uai4-tzu5IPA[kʰwâɪ.tsɨ]WuRomanizationkhuae去-tsy上HakkaRomanizationkuai-eYue: CantoneseYale Romanizationfaai-jíJyutpi…1.00infobox
ChopsticksTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinzhùYue: CantoneseJyutpingzyu6Southern MinTâi-lôtīEastern MinFuzhou BUCdê̤ṳ / .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-pars…1.00infobox
ChopsticksTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationjeotgarakMcCune–Reischauerchŏkkarak1.00infobox
ChopsticksTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationhashi1.00infobox
ChopsticksTâi-lô1.00infobox
ChopsticksVietnamese alphabetđũa1.00infobox
ChopsticksWade–Gilesk'uai4-tzu51.00infobox
ChopsticksYale Romanizationfaai-jí1.00infobox

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