A long-handled ladle, typically wooden or bamboo, used for scooping water or soup, especially in traditional Japanese settings like baths or tea ceremonies.
I use a ladle to pour hot water over myself in the bath.
In the tea ceremony, you scoop hot water from the kettle with a ladle.
crow dipper; Pinellia ternata
tea ladle
Standard kanji spelling, though the characters are ateji (phonetic).
Kana spelling is practical and avoids the ateji kanji.
Abbreviated kanji form; less common than 柄杓.
The kanji 柄杓 are ateji (phonetic) for the native Japanese word ひしゃく. The exact origin of ひしゃく is uncertain, but it may be related to ひさご (gourd), which was historically used as a dipper.