杓

杓 U+6753, 杓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6753 ← 杒 [U+6752] CJK Unified Ideographs 杔 → [U+6754]

杓 U+2F8DC, 杓 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8DC ← 杞 [U+2F8DB] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣏃 → [U+2F8DD]

Translingual

Han character

杓 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木心戈 (DPI) or 木心一 (DPM), four-corner 4792₀, composition ⿰木勺)

Derived characters

• 𦯪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 511, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14466
• Dae Jaweon: page 897, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1161, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6753

• Unihan data for U+2F8DC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 杓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (勺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
豹	*preːwɢs
趵	*preːwɢs, *preːwɢ
尥	*breːw, *b·reːwɢs
箹	*ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ
杓	*plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
約	*ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ
扚	*pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ
釣	*pleːwɢs
瘹	*teːwɢs
芍	*ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
酌	*pljewɢ
灼	*pljewɢ
勺	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
彴	*pljewɢ
犳	*pljewɢ
妁	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
汋	*bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ
仢	*bljewɢ
葯	*qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ
礿	*lewɢ
肑	*preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ
瓝	*breːwɢ
的	*pleːwɢ
靮	*pleːwɢ
馰	*pleːwɢ
玓	*pleːwɢ
魡	*pleːwɢ

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		杓
alternative forms		𭘅

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāo (biao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹
    • Yale: byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biau
    • Palladius: бяо (bjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: biu¹
    • Yale: bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjiew, phjiew

Rime
Character	杓	杓
Reading #	1/4	2/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	甫遙切	撫招切
Baxter	pjiew	phjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇu/	/pʰiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛu/	/pʰiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/pjæu/	/pʰjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piaw/	/pʰiaw/
Li Rong	/piɛu/	/pʰiɛu/
Wang Li	/pĭɛu/	/pʰĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛu/	/pʰi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biāo	piāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	biu1	piu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*plew/, /*pʰlew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杓	杓
Reading #	1/4	2/4
No.	11179	11180
Phonetic component	勺	勺
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	飊	爂
Old Chinese	/*plew/	/*pʰlew/

Definitions

杓

1. handle of a ladle or spoon
2. a Chinese constellation: the 3 stars forming the handle of the Big Dipper

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		杓
2nd round simp.		勺
alternative forms		𭘅

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sháo (shao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sia̍h
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sháo
    • Wade–Giles: shao²
    • Yale: sháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soek³
    • Yale: seuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zoq
    • MiniDict: zoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyak

Rime
Character	杓
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市若切
Baxter	dzyak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ʑiak̚/
Wang Li	/ʑĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soek6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bljewɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	杓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sháo
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyak ›
Old Chinese	/*m-tewk/
English	ladle (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杓
Reading #	3/4
No.	11197
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	妁
Old Chinese	/*bljewɢ/
Notes	勺轉註字

Definitions

杓

1. Alternative form of 勺

Pronunciation 3

simp. and trad.		杓

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dí, dì (di², di⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ, ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dí
    • Wade–Giles: ti²
    • Yale: dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dì
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴
    • Yale: dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tek

Rime
Character	杓
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都歷切
Baxter	tek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/tek̚/
Wang Li	/tiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	di
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pleːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杓
Reading #	4/4
No.	11218
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	的
Old Chinese	/*pleːwɢ/

Definitions

杓

1. ^† standard

Pronunciation 4

simp. and trad.		杓

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuó (zhuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuó
    • Wade–Giles: cho²
    • Yale: jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
    • Palladius: чжо (čžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/

Definitions

杓

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Compounds

• 後腦杓／后脑杓
• 斗杓
• 斗杓東指
• 斗杓轉勢／斗杓转势
• 杓倈／杓俫
• 杯杓
• 桮杓
• 腦杓子／脑杓子
• 馬杓／马杓

 

Japanese

Kanji

杓

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←じやく (zyaku, historical)}、ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)^{←しやく (syaku, historical)}、ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kun: ひしゃく (hishaku, 杓)

Compounds

• 杓文字(しゃもじ) (shamoji)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
杓
しゃく Hyōgai
kan'on

Noun

杓(しゃく) or 杓(シャク) • (shaku) 

1. ladle, dipper
2. cow parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris
3. (Hokuriku) a prostitute, particularly one who acts as a hostess

   Synonyms: 蓮葉女 (hasuhaonna); see also Thesaurus:娼婦

4. Clipping of 杓鴫 (shakushigi, “curlew”).

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

• 杓子(しゃくし) (shakushi)
• 杓鴫(シャクシギ), 杓鷸(シャクシギ) (shakushigi)
• 柄杓(ひしゃく) (hishaku)

Korean

Hanja

杓 • (pyo, jak) (hangeul 표, 작, revised pyo, jak, McCune–Reischauer p'yo, chak, Yale phyo, cak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

杓: Hán Nôm readings: chước, duộc

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References

• Nom Foundation