勺 — Chinese character
勺
sháo
spoon, ladle; unit of volume
- Pinyin
- sháo
- Radical
- 20 ⼓ (Wrap)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 勹 丶
- Formation
- ideographic — A spoon 勹 with something in it 丶
- Japanese
- 勺 as a kanji
Common words with 勺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勺子 | sháo zi | spoon; ladle; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 后脑勺 (後腦勺) | hòu nǎo sháo | back of the head |
| 汤勺 (湯勺) | tāng sháo | soup ladle |
| 掌勺 | zhǎng sháo | to be in charge of the cooking; to be the chef |
| 脑勺 (腦勺) | nǎo sháo | back of the head |
| 漏勺 | lòu sháo | perforated spoon; strainer spoon |
| 挖耳勺 | wā ěr sháo | ear pick |
| 马勺 (馬勺) | mǎ sháo | wooden ladle |
| 炒勺 | chǎo sháo | wok with a long handle; wok spatula |
| 公勺 | gōng sháo | serving spoon; centiliter (i.e. 10 ml) |
| 刮勺 | guā sháo | scraper; trowel |
| 勺嘴鹬 (勺嘴鷸) | sháo zuǐ yù | (bird species of China) spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) |
English words written with 勺
勺 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Doctrine of the Mean 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.