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杓

biāo

Character

What 杓 means

1. literaryhandle of a spoon or ladle
2. literarycollective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper

Other readings

杓 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sháoladle (variant of {勺|sháo})

Words starting with 杓

• 杓子sháo ziscoop

Words containing 杓

• 网杓wǎng sháoskimmer (kitchen utensil)
• 脑杓nǎo sháothe spoon shape slope on the nape
• 中杓鹬zhōng sháo yù(bird species of China) Eurasian whimbrel; common whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• 大杓鹬dà sháo yù(bird species of China) Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
• 小杓鹬xiǎo sháo yù(bird species of China) little curlew (Numenius minutus)
• 白腰杓鹬bái yāo sháo yù(bird species of China) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)

Characters built on 勺

These share the phonetic component 勺 (sháo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 钓diàoto fish with a hook and line; to angle
• 尥liàoto give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)

Sounds the same

Read biāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 标mark; sign; label
• 镖dart-like throwing weapon; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
• 飙(literary) very strong wind; gale; (bound form) wild; violent; unrestrained; furious
• 彪(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored…
• 膘(usu. of livestock) fat
• 镳bit (of a bridle); variant of 镖
• 猋whirlwind
• 摽(literary) to wave away; to discard
• 飑whirlwind
• 儦walking to and fro
• 熛blaze; flame flaring
• 滮flowing of water