# 勺

| 勺 | U+52FA, &#21242; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52FA |
| ← 勹 [U+52F9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 勻 → [U+52FB] |
| 勺 | U+FA77, &#64119; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA77 |
| ← 勇 [U+FA76] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 喝 → [U+FA78] |
| 勺 | U+2F828, &#194600; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F828 |
| ← 勤 [U+2F827] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 包 → [U+2F829] |

## Translingual
### Han character

勺 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 心戈 (PI) or 難心戈 (XPI), four-corner 2732$_0$, composition ⿹勹丶(GHTJV) or ⿹勹一(K))

#### Derived characters

* 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

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

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

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sháo (shao$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): so$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): soek$^3$ / zoek$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): siak$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): soh$^7$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): so̍k
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sog$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sah$^5$ / seh$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): chiŏ̤ / ciŏ̤ / chiò̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiók
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sia̍h / chhia̍h / siā / chhiā / sio̍h / chiak / sio̍k / sia̍k / chio̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ciah$^8$ / siah$^8$ / sioh$^8$ / siêh$^8$ / ziag$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zoq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xio$^4$ / so$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sháo
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sháo
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^2$
*** Yale: sháu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur
*** Palladius: шао (šao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sháor
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sháor
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: sháur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaurl
*** Palladius: шаор (šaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: so$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: so
*** Sinological IPA : /so²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soek$^3$ / zoek$^3$
*** Yale: seuk / jeuk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soek$^8$ / dzoek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêg$^3$ / zêg$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːk̚³/, /t͡sœːk̚³/
* soek3 - vernacular;
* zoek3 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dzyak
Rime :
| Character | 勺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | soek$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tewk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bljewɢ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 勺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| 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 | 勺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11195 |
| Phonetic component | 勺 |
| Rime group | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 妁 |
| Old Chinese | /*bljewɢ/ |
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Dungan”

#### Definitions

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

##### Usage notes

* 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).

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 匙, 勺 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 調羹, 湯匙, 羹匙, 匙子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 勺兒, 羹匙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 湯匙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 羹匙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 羹匙兒, 勺子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 小勺兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 調羹兒, 羹匙兒, 勺兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 調羹, 羹匙兒, 小勺兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 勺兒, 小勺兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 羹匙兒, 勺兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 羹匙, 勺兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 羹匙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 羹匙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 羹匙兒, 勺兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 羹匙兒, 匙兒, 匙子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 湯匙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 湯匙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 調羹, 勺兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 羹匙兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 調羹, 勺兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 調羹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 勺兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 調羹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 勺子, 調羹, 小勺兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 匙羹兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 羹匙兒, 勺兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 匙子, 匙兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 調羹兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 調羹, 羹匙兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 匙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 調羹, 調羹勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 羹勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 調羹兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 勺兒, 調羹匙兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 調羹, 勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 調羹, 小勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 調羹, 小勺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 調羹, 磁勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 勺勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 勺勺兒, 調羹, 調羹兒, 小勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 調羹, 勺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 調羹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 調羹兒, 勺勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 調羹, 湯勺兒, 湯勺子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 勺子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 調羹兒, 調羹子, 勺勺子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 調羹兒, 調羹子, 勺兒, 勺勺子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 調羹, 勺勺子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 調羹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 調羹, 勺勺子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 瓢羹, 瓢羹兒, 調羹, 調羹兒, 瓢瓢兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 調羹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 調羹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 調羹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 瓢羹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 瓢羹, 湯瓢, 瓢, 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 調羹兒, 瓢羹兒, 湯瓢兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 調羹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 調羹, 瓢羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 瓢羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 調羹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 瓢羹, 調匙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 調羹, 小勺勺, 勺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 調羹, 匙羹, 瓢羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 調羹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 調羹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 瓢瓢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 調羹兒, 調羹, 挑子, 茶叉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 瓢子, 挑子, 調羹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 調羹, 湯瓢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 湯勺子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 調羹, 勺兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 調羹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 湯瓢, 挑子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 調羹, 挑子, 勺子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 調羹, 湯勺兒, 勺兒, 挑兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 匙羹, 羹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 匙羹, 羹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 湯殼 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 調羹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 匙羹, 羹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 羹調 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 羹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 匙羹 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 匙羹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 瓢羹, 調羹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 瓢羹, 調羹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 挑羹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 調羹, 調羹仔, 湯匙 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 調羹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 匙羹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 匙羹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 挑羹 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 調羹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 調羹 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 湯匙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 調羹仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 湯匙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 湯匙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 湯匙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 湯匙 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 湯匙 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 瓢羹, 瓢 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 瓢, 湯瓢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 匙匙, 調羹兒, 羹匙 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 小勺兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 勺兒, 勺勺兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 匙匙 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 調羹兒, 匙匙 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 調羹兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 勺勺 |
| Jin | Jining | 調羹勺 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 調羹兒勺 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 小勺子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 調羹勺兒, 勺勺兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 調羹勺子 |
| Jin | Handan | 調羹, 羹匙 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 調羹兒, 小勺兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 調羹兒, 勺勺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 調羹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 瓢羹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 瓢羹, 湯匙 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 瓢羹, 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 湯匙, 調羹, 調羹仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蹺羹 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 湯匙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 湯匙, 調羹仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 湯匙仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 湯匙, 湯匙仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 調羹, 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 調羹 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 湯匙 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 羹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 頭羹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 頭羹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 調羹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 調羹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 調羹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 調羹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 調羹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 調羹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 調羹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 匙羹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 匙羹, 調羹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 瓢羹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 調羹, 抄, 剪勺 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 調羹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 抄, 調羹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 匙, 匙匙, 調羹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 瓢羹兒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 瓢羹, 瓢羹兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 羹調, 調羹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 調羹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 瓢羹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 瓢羹, 調羹, 挑子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 瓢羹, 調羹, 挑子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 調勾, 挑子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 調羹, 調羹羹 |

#### Compounds

* 公勺 (gōngsháo)
* 勺子 (sháozi)
* 市勺
* 掌勺兒的 / 掌勺儿的
* 水勺
* 漏勺 (lòusháo)
* 炒勺 (chǎosháo)
* 耳挖勺兒 / 耳挖勺儿 (ěrwāsháor)
* 腦勺 / 脑勺 (nǎosháo)
* 舞勺
* 飯勺 / 饭勺 (fànsháo)
* 馬勺 / 马勺 (mǎsháo)
* 鱟勺 / 鲎勺
* 龍勺 / 龙勺

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuó (zhuo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuó
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuó
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^2$
*** Yale: jwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
*** Palladius: чжо (čžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoek$^3$
*** Yale: jeuk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêg$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːk̚³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyak
Rime :
| Character | 勺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之若切 |
| Baxter | tsyak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiak̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭak̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zoek$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tewk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pljewɢ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 勺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhuó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyak › |
| Old Chinese | /*tewk/ |
| English | ladle (v.) |
| 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 | 勺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11191 |
| Phonetic component | 勺 |
| Rime group | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 灼 |
| Old Chinese | /*pljewɢ/ |

#### Definitions

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

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dì (di$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dì
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dì
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$
*** Yale: dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹/

#### Definitions

勺
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 的 (“mark; target”)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 勺 |
| Kyūjitai | 勺 &#x2F828; or 勺+&#xFE01; |
| Kyūjitai | 勺󠄀 勺+&#xE0100; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 勺󠄃 勺+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勺)

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゃく (jaku)
* Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kun: くむ (kumu, 勺む)、せき (seki, 勺)

#### Usage notes

Removed from the daily use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.

#### Compounds

* 勺(しゃく)飲(いん) (shakuin)
* 勺(しゃく)子(し) (shakushi)
* 勺(しゃく)觶(し) (shakushi)
* 勺(しゃく)水(すい) (shakusui)
* 勺(しゃく)薬(やく) (shakuyaku) (芍(しゃく)薬(やく))
* 加(か)勺(しゃく) (kashaku)
* 実勺
* 爵勺
* 升(しょう)勺(しゃく) (shōshaku)
* 簫(しょう)勺(しゃく) (shōshaku)
* 拭勺
* 盛勺
* 洗勺
* 長勺
* 舞(ぶ)勺(しゃく) (bushaku)
* 羃勺
* 用勺
* 罍勺

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 勺
* しゃく Jinmeiyō
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 夕
* Kanji in this term
* 勺
* せき Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
From Middle Chinese 勺 (MC tsyak|dzyak).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゃく [sháꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕa̠kɯ̟]
* (Tokyo) せき [séꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [se̞kʲi]

### Noun

勺(しゃく) • (shaku)
* 18.039 milliliters (a tenth of a 合(ごう) (gō) and 10 撮(さつ) (satsu))
* 0.033 square meters (a hundredth of a tsubo)

### Noun

勺(せき) • (seki)
* same as above

### References

* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “勺”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 334 (paper), page 217 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 245 (paper), page 134 (digital)
* ↑ The Japan Times (2009 October 21) “Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji”, in www.kanjiclinic.com‎, archived from the original on 20 November 2021
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

勺 (eum 작 (jak))
* hanja form of 작 (“a unit of measure”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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