杓

杓 U+2F8DC, 杓 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8DC ← 杞 [U+2F8DB] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣏃 → [U+2F8DD]

Translingual

Han character

杓 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: page 511, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14466
• Dae Jaweon: page 897, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1161, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6753

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		杓
alternative forms		勺 second round simplified
See notes below

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 杓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāo (biao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹
    • Yale: byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biau
    • Palladius: бяо (bjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: biu¹
    • Yale: bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjiew, phjiew

Rime
Character	杓	杓
Reading #	1/4	2/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	甫遙切	撫招切
Baxter	pjiew	phjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇu/	/pʰiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛu/	/pʰiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/pjæu/	/pʰjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piaw/	/pʰiaw/
Li Rong	/piɛu/	/pʰiɛu/
Wang Li	/pĭɛu/	/pʰĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛu/	/pʰi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biāo	piāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	biu1	piu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*plew/, /*pʰlew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杓	杓
Reading #	1/4	2/4
No.	11179	11180
Phonetic component	勺	勺
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	飊	爂
Old Chinese	/*plew/	/*pʰlew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杓

1. handle of a ladle or spoon
2. a Chinese constellation: the 3 stars forming the handle of the Big Dipper

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sháo (shao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sia̍h
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵zoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sháo
    • Wade–Giles: shao²
    • Yale: sháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soek³
    • Yale: seuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵zoq
    • MiniDict: zoh^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²zoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyak

Rime
Character	杓
Reading #	3/4
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soek6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bljewɢ/

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; * 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	杓
Reading #	3/4
No.	11197
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	妁
Old Chinese	/*bljewɢ/
Notes	勺轉註字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杓

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 勺 (sháo).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dí, dì (di², di⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ, ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dí
    • Wade–Giles: ti²
    • Yale: dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dì
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴
    • Yale: dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tek

Rime
Character	杓
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都歷切
Baxter	tek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/tek̚/
Wang Li	/tiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	di
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pleːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杓
Reading #	4/4
No.	11218
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	的
Old Chinese	/*pleːwɢ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杓

1. ^† standard

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuó (zhuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuó
    • Wade–Giles: cho²
    • Yale: jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
    • Palladius: чжо (čžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杓

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Japanese

Kanji

杓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←じやく (zyaku, historical)}; ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)^{←しやく (syaku, historical)}; ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kun: ひしゃく (hishaku, 杓)

Noun

杓(しゃく) • (shaku) 

1. ladle, dipper

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Korean

Hanja

杓 • (pyo, jak) (hangeul 표, 작, revised pyo, jak, McCune–Reischauer p'yo, chak, Yale phyo, cak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

杓: Hán Nôm readings: chước, duộc

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References

• Nom Foundation