Chinese symbol for “spoon”
勺
sháo
spoon; ladle; measure word: 把 (bǎ); abbr. for 公勺 (gōng sháo), centiliter (unit of volume)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spoon is 勺 (sháo), defined as: spoon; ladle; measure word: 把 (bǎ); abbr. for 公勺 (gōng sháo), centiliter (unit of volume).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “spoon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勺子 | sháo zi | spoon; ladle; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 匙 | chí | spoon |
| 调羹 (調羹) | tiáo gēng | spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic) |
| 柶 | sì | spoon; ladle |
| 三号木杆 (三號木桿) | sān hào mù gān | spoon (golf) |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spoon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.