Chinese Character 勺 Meanings and components.

Form

勺

Meaning

勺 meaning[3] in English

Spoon.

Ladle.

Cl:把[Ba3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 勺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are archaic variant of … (勹) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

Its radical[1] is: 勹 (bao1) which means: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1], .勹bao1archaic variant …

In cangjie it is written with PI

How to write 勺

To write勺shao2spoon you should write a combination of 勹bao1archaic variant … , 丶zhu3'dot' radical … arranged in a 回 shape:

勹 + 丶 = 勺

勺 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 勺 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 勺, looks as follow:

勺
Pinyin:shao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Spoon . Ladle . Cl:把[Ba3] . Abbr. For 公勺[Gong1 Shao2], Centiliter (Unit Of Volume)
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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