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勺

勺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 汁や酒と言った液状のものをすくう道具。ひしゃく。
  2. くむ、すくう。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。柄杓を象る。「ひしゃく」を意味する漢語｛勺｝および｛瓢｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ladle, one tenth of a go, dip

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャク
Other languages
  • 拼音shao2
  • 拼音shuo4
  • 한글jag
  • Hán-ViệtChước
  • Hán-ViệtThược

Basics

Strokes
3 strokes
Radical
勹(つつみがまえ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+52FA

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿹勹丶

Words using this kanji

  • 勺しゃくshaku, shaku
  • 勺水しゃくすいshaku of water, 18 ml of water, droplet of water, very small amount of water

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-2-1
Four Corner
2732.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a3.5
Heisig
72
Nelson
740