noun
bamboo ladle; wooden ladle
A flat, shallow ladle traditionally made of bamboo or wood, used for serving rice or soup.
ご飯をよそうときに杓子を使う。
I use a bamboo ladle when serving rice.
お玉 is a deep, round ladle for liquids like soup or curry, while 杓子 is a flat, shallow ladle mainly for rice.
The kanji 杓 means 'ladle' or 'scoop', and 子 is a common suffix for tools. The word is native Japanese.