wooden pestle; surikogi
A wooden pestle used with a Japanese grinding bowl (すり鉢) to grind sesame seeds, miso, or other ingredients. The word is usually written in kana.
I grind sesame seeds in a suribachi with a surikogi.
すりこ木は木製の調理器具です。
A surikogi is a wooden cooking utensil.
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; usually written in kana.
Full kanji spelling using 擂; rarely used in modern writing.
Abbreviated kanji spelling; very rare.
Alternate kanji spelling using 摺; rarely used.
Abbreviated alternate kanji spelling; very rare.
From 擂り粉木, combining 擂り粉 “ground powder” with 木 “wood,” whose initial consonant is voiced in the compound. The name denotes the wooden implement used to grind ingredients in a mortar.