勺

勺 U+FA77, 勺 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA77 ← 勇 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 喝 →

勺 U+2F828, 勺 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F828 ← 勤 CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 包 →

Stroke order

勺 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 心戈 (PI) or 難心戈 (XPI), four-corner 2732₀, composition ⿹勹丶(GHTJV) or ⿹勹一(K))

• 仢, 圴, 妁, 㢩, 彴, 㣿, 扚, 旳, 杓, 汋, 灼, 犳, 玓, 的, 䂆, 礿, 䄪, 約(约), 肑, 虳, 訋, 豹, 趵, 酌, 釣(钓), 靮, 䪨, 馰, 魡(𬶄), 䵠, 䶂, 畃, 䋤, 尥, 瓝, 尦, 芍
• 𠮭, 𢁕, 𪪊, 𣧀, 𤿉, 𪾠, 𥐝, 𦨓, 𥩘, 𧘑, 𩚈, 𩾡, 𠣳, 𡖑, 𠣷, 𦆗, 𫍍, 𧺕, 𩖚, 𩲃, 𠚭, 𡚷, 𢻭, 𤿈, 𥫩, 𦉹
• 𭘅, 𬏀, 𭇕, 𫧂, 𭅌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2495
• Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 254, character 14
• Unihan data for U+52FA

• Unihan data for U+FA77

• Unihan data for U+2F828

Historical forms of the character 勺
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogram (指事) : something (丶) in the ladle or spoon (勹).

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勺

1. spoon; ladle (Classifier: 把 m)
2. ladle-like object
3. (historical) A unit of capacity: one tenth of a 合 (gě), now 1 市勺 equals 1 centilitre.
4. Classifier for an amount held by a spoon or ladle: scoop; spoonful
5. (obsolete) little; small amount

• 勺 was adopted as the standard simplification of 杓 (sháo) in the second round of simplified Chinese characters. The current standard, the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters, includes 杓, but it is intended to only be used for the biāo reading according to Tongyong Guifan Hanzi Zidian. Dictionaries from Mainland China, such as Xiandai Hanyu Cidian and Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian, treat 杓 as an alternative form of 勺 (sháo).

勺

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 酌 (zhuó, “to scoop; to dip”)
2. (historical) An ancient kind of music and dance.

勺

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 的 (“mark; target”)

Shinjitai	勺
Kyūjitai [1][2][3]	勺 勺 or 勺+︁?
	勺󠄀 勺+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	勺󠄃 勺+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勺)

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←じやく (zyaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)^{←しやく (syaku, historical)}
• Kun: くむ (kumu, 勺む)、せき (seki, 勺)

Removed from the daily use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.^[4]

From Middle Chinese 勺 (MC tsyak|dzyak).

• (Tokyo) しゃく (Atamadaka – )^[5]
• IPA^(key):

• (Tokyo) せき (Atamadaka – )^[5]
• IPA^(key):

勺(しゃく) • (shaku) 

1. 18.039 milliliters (a tenth of a 合(ごう) (gō) and 10 撮(さつ) (satsu))
2. 0.033 square meters (a hundredth of a tsubo)

勺(せき) • (seki) 

1. same as above

勺 (eum 작 (jak))

1. hanja form^? of 작 (“a unit of measure”)

勺: Hán Nôm readings: chước, giuộc, thược, duộc

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