Chopsticks Emoji

Food

A pair of wooden chopsticks positioned at an angle, representing the traditional eating utensils used throughout East Asia. They are usually shown parallel and slightly separated as if ready to pick up a bite of food.

Usage Context

Used to signal a meal is ready, to indicate a preference for Asian cuisine, or to discuss dining out. It frequently appears alongside food-related emojis like 🍜, 🍣, or 🍱 to frame the setting of a meal.

History

Chopsticks were added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0. Their inclusion responded to the global surge in interest toward regional food culture and the need for more diverse dining icons in mobile communication.

Details

Glyph

🥢

Unicode

U+1F962

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f962:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD62;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Food

Subcategory dishware

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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