jiā

䇲

Character · NounTraditional筴

chopsticks (archaic)

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

chopsticks (in ancient Chinese)

archaic

An archaic term for chopsticks. The modern word is 筷子. This character is also written as 梜.

Yǐ以
jiā筴
qǔ取
shí食
 ，
gǔ古
zhī之
cháng常
yě也
 。

It was common in ancient times to eat with chopsticks.

Cǐ此
jiā筴
nǎi乃
xiàng象
yá牙
suǒ所
zhì制
 。

These chopsticks are made of ivory.