杓子

Chinese

		ladle; (star)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (杓子)		杓	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sháozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sháozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sháozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shao²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: sháu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur.tzy
    • Palladius: шаоцзы (šaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

杓子

1. ladle; scoop; spoon (Classifier: 把)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杓	子
しゃく Hyōgai	し Grade: 1
kan'on	on'yomi

Lucky charm shakushi (福杓子(ふくしゃくし) (fukushakushi)) sold at a temple

Noun

杓(しゃく)子(し) • (shakushi) 

1. a flat rice scoop, shamoji

   Synonym: 杓文字 (shamoji)

2. ladle, scoop

   Synonyms: お玉 (otama), お玉杓子 (otama-jakushi)

Derived terms

• 網杓子(あみじゃくし) (amijakushi)
• 猫(ねこ)も杓子(しゃくし)も (neko mo shakushi mo)