杓
ladle, scoop
Readings
On'yomi
- シャク
- チョウ
- テキ
- ヒョウ
Kun'yomi
- ひしゃく
Meaning
杓 centers on a handheld tool for dipping and transferring liquids or loose material: a ladle or scoop.
Most common words using 杓
- 杓子定規しゃくしじょうぎ
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
- 杓子しゃくし
bamboo ladle
- 柄杓ひしゃく
ladle; dipper; scoop
- 杓しゃく
ladle; dipper
- 杓文字しゃもじN3
wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop
- アメリカ大杓鷸アメリカだいしゃくしぎ
long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
- 中杓鷸ちゅうしゃくしぎ
whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- 大杓鷸だいしゃくしぎ
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
- 杓子で腹を切るしゃくしではらをきる
to do something impossible; to disembowel oneself with a ladle
- 杓子果報しゃくしかほう
coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune
- 杓鴫しゃくしぎ
curlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
- 烏柄杓からすびしゃく
crow dipper (Pinellia ternata)
- 猫も杓子もねこもしゃくしも
every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; even a cat and a ladle
- 玉杓子たまじゃくし
ladle; scoop
- 網杓子あみじゃくし
skimmer (kitchen utensil)
- 茶杓ちゃしゃく
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea; tea ladle
- 茶柄杓ちゃびしゃく
tea ladle
- 貝杓子かいじゃくし
shell ladle
- 金杓子かなじゃくし
metal ladle
- 飯杓子めしじゃくし
rice scoop
Study
Etymology
杓 combines 木 (tree, wood) with 勺, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a small container or measure. Together they suggest a wooden ladle or scoop.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is wood 木, and the right side 勺 looks like a small dipper with a handle. Picture a wooden ladle scooping soup.
Reading mnemonic
For シャク, imagine a wooden ladle being used to serve a thick shake: shake -> シャク, and the ladle scoops it out.