sháo

spoon

ladle; CL:把[ba3]; abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)

curved scoop (勹) + drop inside (丶) = spoon

The outer curve traces the bowl of a ladle, and the dot sits inside it like a single drop of liquid being carried. Together they sketch a spoon in its most minimal form.

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A dotSemantic
A wrappingSemantic

请把那把放到碗里。

qǐng bǎ nà bǎ sháo fàng dào wǎn lǐ。

Please put that spoon into the bowl.

她用搅了搅锅里的汤。

tā yòng sháo jiǎo le jiǎo guō lǐ de tāng。

She stirred the soup in the pot with a ladle.

Words with 勺

长柄勺子

cháng bǐng sháo zi

ladle

饭勺

fàn sháo

rice paddle

马勺

mǎ sháo

wooden ladle

一马勺坏一锅

yī mǎ sháo huài yī guō

one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom)

公勺

gōng sháo

serving spoon

刮勺

guā sháo

scraper

勺嘴鹬

sháo zuǐ yù

(bird species of China) spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)

勺子

sháo zi

spoon; ladle

勺鸡

sháo jī

(bird species of China) koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)

叉勺

chā sháo

spork

后脑勺

hòu nǎo sháo

back of the head

挖耳勺

wā ěr sháo

ear pick

More characters with 勹