勺
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spoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3]; abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 勹 +1
- Structure
- Upper-right enclosure 右上包
- Traditional
- 勺
- Common rank
- #2,395
- Unicode
- U+52FA
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 勺 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A spoon 勹 with something in it 丶
Components 勹 丶
How to remember it
ladle · Heisig RSH #69
bound up + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 勺
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一马勺坏一锅 | one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom); one bad apple spoils the barrel | |
| 后脑勺 | back of the head | |
| 勺子 | spoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3] | |
| 水勺 | ladle; dipper (for water) | |
| 马勺 | wooden ladle | |
| 公勺 | serving spoon; centiliter (i.e. 10 ml) | |
| 勺嘴鹬 | (bird species of China) spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) | |
| 勺鸡 | (bird species of China) koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) | |
| 脑勺 | back of the head | |
| 饭勺 | rice paddle | |
| 挖耳勺 | ear pick | |
| 耳挖勺 | (dialect) earpick; curette | |
| 汤勺 | soup ladle | |
| 掌勺 | to be in charge of the cooking; to be the chef; head cook; chef | |
| 漏勺 | perforated spoon; strainer spoon; skimmer | |
| 叉勺 | spork | |
| 掏耳勺 | ear pick | |
| 炒勺 | wok with a long handle; wok spatula; ladle | |
| 刮勺 | scraper; trowel; putty knife | |
| 舀勺 | scoop; dipper |
Sound family
These characters use 勺 as their sound component — compare how they read.