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杓

biāo, sháo

handle of cup

A wooden 木 spoon 勺

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

勺 meaning component

勺  Meaning component

sháo

  

spoon

Evolution

杓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杓 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
杓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
杓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
杓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

杓  

biāo

handle of cup, ladle, spoon; name of a constellation; (star)

杓  

sháo

ladle

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-tewk

dzyak

sháo

ladle (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5690th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+6753

Shuowen

“杓，枓柄也。从木，从勺。”


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