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杓

ladle, scoop

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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

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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.