Definify.com
Definition 2025
杓
杓
Translingual
Han character
杓 (radical 75 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木心戈 (DPI) or 木心一 (DPM), four-corner 47920, composition ⿰木勺)
References
- KangXi: page 511, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14466
- Dae Jaweon: page 897, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1161, character 5
- Unihan data for U+6753
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
杓 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 杓
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
![]() |
![]() |
| 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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ
- Wade-Giles: piao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biau
- IPA (key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: shao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur
- IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: biu1, soek3
- Yale: bīu, seuk
- Cantonese Pinyin: biu1, soek8
- IPA (key): /piːu̯⁵⁵/, /sœːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 杓 | 杓 | 杓 | 杓 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 滂 (2) | 常 (25) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 宵 (91) | 藥 (107) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 甫遙切 | 撫招切 | 市若切 | 都歷切 |
| Reconstructions | ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/piᴇu/ | /pʰiᴇu/ | /d͡ʑɨɐk̚/ | /tek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/piɛu/ | /pʰiɛu/ | /d͡ʑiɐk̚/ | /tek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/pjæu/ | /pʰjæu/ | /d͡ʑiɑk̚/ | /tɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/piaw/ | /pʰiaw/ | /d͡ʑɨak̚/ | /tɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/piɛu/ | /pʰiɛu/ | /ʑiak̚/ | /tek̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/pĭɛu/ | /pʰĭɛu/ | /ʑĭak̚/ | /tiek̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/pi̯ɛu/ | /pʰi̯ɛu/ | /ʑi̯ak̚/ | /tiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
biāo | piāo | shuó | di |
| 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; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 杓 | 杓 | 杓 | 杓 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 11179 | 11180 | 11197 | 11218 |
| Phonetic component |
勺 | 勺 | 勺 | 勺 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 | 藥 | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
飊 | 爂 | 妁 | 的 |
| Old Chinese |
/*plew/ | /*pʰlew/ | /*bljewɢ/ | /*pleːwɢ/ |
| Notes | 勺轉註字 | |||
Definitions
杓
- handle of a cup, ladle, or spoon
- a Chinese constellation: the 3 stars forming the handle of the Big Dipper
Korean
Hanja
杓 • (pyo, jak) (hangeul 표, 작, revised pyo, jak, McCune-Reischauer p'yo, chak, Yale phyo, cak)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: chước, duộc
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.

