勺

勺 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 心戈 (PI) or 難心戈 (XPI), four-corner 2732₀, composition ⿹勹丶(GHTJV) or ⿹勹一(K))

• 仢, 圴, 妁, 㢩, 彴, 㣿, 扚, 汋, 犳, 旳, 杓, 灼, 玓, 礿, 肑, 的, 䂆, 䄪, 畃, 約(约), 虳, 訋, 豹, 趵, 酌, 釣(钓), 靮, 䪨, 馰, 䋤, 魡(𬶄), 䵠, 䶂, 尥, 尦, 瓝, 芍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2495
• Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 254, character 14
• Unihan data for U+52FA

• Unihan data for U+FA77

• Unihan data for U+2F828

Ideogram (指事): something (丶) in the ladle or spoon (勹).

勺

1. spoon; ladle (Classifier: 把 m)
2. ladle-like object
3. (historical) A unit of capacity: one tenth of a 合 (gě), now 1 市勺 equals 1 centilitre.
4. Classifier for an amount held by a spoon or ladle: scoop; spoonful
5. (obsolete) little; small amount
6. alternative form of 芍 (“Chinese peony”)

• 勺 was adopted as the standard simplification of 杓 (sháo) in the second round of simplified Chinese characters. The current standard, the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters, includes 杓, but it is intended to only be used for the biāo reading according to Tongyong Guifan Hanzi Zidian. Dictionaries from Mainland China, such as Xiandai Hanyu Cidian and Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian, treat 杓 as an alternative form of 勺 (sháo).

勺

1. obsolete form of 酌 (zhuó, “to scoop; to dip; to take as model”)
2. (historical, dance) musical dance created by the Duke of Zhou

   Coordinate term: 象 (xiàng)

   • 十有三年，學《樂》，誦《詩》，舞《勺》。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     十有三年，学《乐》，诵《诗》，舞《勺》。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Shí yòu sān nián, xué “Yuè”, sòng “Shī”, wǔ “Zhuó”. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (historical, music) Alternative term for 籥 (yuè, “ancient vertical flute”).
4. obsolete form of 灼 (zhuó, “strong in color”)

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “勺”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00262

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勺)

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←じやく (zyaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)^{←しやく (syaku, historical)}
• Kun: くむ (kumu, 勺む)、せき (seki, 勺)

Removed from the daily use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.^[4]

From Middle Chinese 勺 (MC tsyak|dzyak).

• (Tokyo) しゃく [sháꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[5]
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟]

• (Tokyo) せき [séꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[5]
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲi]

勺(しゃく) • (shaku) 

1. 18.039 milliliters (a tenth of a 合(ごう) (gō) and 10 撮(さつ) (satsu))
2. 0.033 square meters (a hundredth of a tsubo)

勺(せき) • (seki) 

1. same as above

勺 (eum 작 (jak))

1. hanja form^? of 작 (“a unit of measure”)

勺: Hán Nôm readings: chước, giuộc, thược, duộc

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