杓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

ladle, scoop

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャク
  • チョウ
  • テキ
  • ヒョウ
Kun (native)
  • ひしゃく
Other languages
  • 拼音shao2
  • 拼音biao1
  • 한글pyo
  • 한글jag
  • Hán-ViệtTiêu
  • Hán-ViệtThược

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+6753

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木勺

Words using this kanji

  • 杓子しゃくし飯や汁をすくうための道具。柄の先がくぼんでいる汁用と、飯をよそう平らな板状の物などがある。bamboo ladle
  • しゃくladle, dipper, wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris), cow parsley
  • 杓鴫しゃくしぎcurlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
  • 杓文字しゃもじwooden spoon, ladle, rice scoop
  • 杓れるしゃくれるto have an underbite, to have a protruding chin, to be concaved, to have a concave shape
  • 杓子定規しゃくしじょうぎ誤った基準で物事を判断すること。 一つの基準を全てに当て嵌めて、融通の利かない様。strict, hidebound, inflexible, being a stickler for the rules
  • 杓子果報しゃくしかほうcoming by ample servings of delicious food, being blessed with good fortune
  • 杓子で腹を切るしゃくしではらをきるto do something impossible

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(21 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-3
Four Corner
4792.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a3.11
Heisig
2570
Nelson
2187