ladle; dipper
Only with reading しゃく
A scoop-shaped utensil for serving liquids or soups. Often seen in traditional Japanese settings.
I scoop miso soup with a ladle.
wild chervil; cow parsley; Queen Anne's lace
A common white-flowered plant (Anthriscus sylvestris) found in fields and roadsides. Usually written in kana.
A lot of wild chervil was blooming along the roadside.
curlew
bamboo tea scoop; tea ladle
whimbrel
Eurasian curlew
have an underbite; have a protruding chin · be concave; have a concave shape
metal ladle
long-billed curlew
Standard kanji for the ladle sense.
Katakana spelling for the plant sense, sometimes used in botanical contexts.
The kanji 杓 originally referred to a ladle or scoop. The plant name is a separate word, likely of native origin, and the kanji is an ateji assignment.