Last Updated on July 2, 2021 by Staff
Six months after our first poster on the theme of Ten Thousand Ways to Use Chopsticks, we now have a second one. This time, 19 chopstick grips are cataloged, instead of just 12. We feel that with the latest addition of the large Lateral grips family, we now have a fairly complete picture that represents almost all 26 common chopstick grips as illustrated in the family tree of chopstick grips. You will actually find 20 thumbnails in this catalog, not the advertised 19. That extra thumbnail represents said Lateral grips family.
This time the image catalog is clickable. Go ahead. Click on any thumbnail on the interactive SVG below, to jump to its article. Control-click (PC) or Command-Click (Mac) to open target articles in a new tab in your browser. These catalogs will be continuously updated. Click here to see the latest version of this catalog as a standalone page in full resolution. Here is a JPG version of the same.
Accompanying each grip label is an emoji we have created for this chopstick grip.* These are useful in forum discussions such as r/chopsticks on Reddit, where user flairs and post flairs make use of emojis. These emoji images can be found on individual grip articles, as well as on the Ten thousand ways to use chopsticks article. You may download and use them per our Mark-and-Go license agreement. Same applies to SVG files shown here.
Here is a version in Taiwanese Taigi. Click here to see the latest version of this catalog as a standalone page in full resolution. 阿勇 from 阿勇台語 Aiong Taigi, and his friends at 食飽未Chia̍h pá ·bē! were instrumental in shaping both pe̍h-ōe-jī and 漢字 representations of chopstick grips. Here is a JPG version of this 一双箸 萬種法: 上多人舉箸个法度.
Here is a version in Mandarin Chinese. Click here to see the latest version of this catalog as a standalone page in full resolution. Here is a JPG version of this 一筷萬拿: 常見的筷子握法.
Grips in these catalogs
English Version
- Italian Grip
- Finger Pistol
- Forsaken Pinky
- Middle Path
- Double Tripod
- Cupped Vulcan
- Vulcan
- Standard Grip
- Beetle Mandibles
- Dino Claws
- Idling Thumb
- Righthand Rule
- Muppet
- Chicken Claws
- Lateral grips
- Lateral Chick
- Turncoat
- Scissorhand
- Lateral Thumb Wrestler
- Lateral Money
台語
- 卜按盞 Beh án-chóaⁿ
- 指頭仔比銃 Chéng-thâu-á pí chhèng
- 放捒尾指 Pàng-sat bóe-cháiⁿ
- 迎媽祖 Ngiâ Má-chó͘
- 双三脚株 Siang saⁿ-kha-tu
- 拱手某牽 Gióng-chhiú Bó͘-khàn
- 某牽 Bó͘-khàn
- 標凖法 Phiau-chún hoat
- 剪仔龜 Chián-á ku
- 霸王龍爪 Pà-ông lêng jiáu
- 憑段指頭母 Pīn-tōaⁿ chéng-thâu-bó
- 正手定律 Chiàⁿ-chhiú tēng-lu̍t
- 布袋戲 Pò͘-tē-hì
- 鷄脚爪 Ke-kha-jiáu
- 指頭母倚靠二指邊仔 Chéng-thâu-bó óa khò jī-cháiⁿ piⁿ–a
- 邊仔鷄爪 Piⁿ–a ke-jiáu
- 中指投誠 Tiong-cháiⁿ tâu-sêng
- 鉸刀手 Ka-to chhiú
- 指頭母相偃 Chéng-thâu-bó sio-ián
- 算銀票 Sǹg gîn-phiò
中文
* We drew all of these chopstick grip emojis. Most are our original creations. Some are derived from twemoji or Noto emoji. Per their open license agreement, those derived emojis will follow respective license agreement from Twitter or Google. All derived emojis will have either twemoji or noto in their file names.
