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CHINESE CHARACTER

sháo

勺

勺

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spoon

Numbered pinyin
shao2
English meanings
spoon, ladle, CL:把[ba3], abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the upper right structure

Enclosed from the upper right arrangement: outside 勹; inside 丶.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿹勹丶

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yī一bǎ把sháo勺。

    A spoon.

  2. 02

    tāng汤sháo勺。

    A soup spoon.

  3. 03

    yī一sháo勺táng糖。

    A spoon of sugar.

  4. 04

    yòng用sháo勺zi子。

    Use the spoon.

  5. 05

    xiǎo小sháo勺zi子。

    A small spoon.

  6. 06

    sháo勺zi子hěn很gānjìng干净。

    A clean spoon.

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