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.
strict; inflexible; stickler for the rules
ladle; scoop
skimmer; mesh ladle
shell ladle
metal ladle
Standard kanji spelling.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing.
The kanji 杓 means 'ladle' or 'scoop', and 子 is a common suffix for tools. The word is native Japanese.