Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

勺: ladle, one tenth of a go

Also: dip

JLPT N13 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

勹 carries the meaning · 丶 is drawn in

3 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シャクshaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 勺しゃくshaku
  • 一勺いっしゃくone shaku
  • 宝玉と勺杖ほうぎょくとしゃくじょうOrb and Sceptre (march by Sir William…

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Keep it safe! Imagine reaching out to wrap a warm blanket around a friend or carefully "enclosing" a gift in paper.”
More in the 勹 to wrap story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
勹

Also built on to wrap (勹)

All 8
丶

Also built on dot (丶)

All 20

勺 gives its sound to

The family reading is シャク (shaku). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read シャク

10 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · sháo

Same form: 勺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
勺 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
勺 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin sháo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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