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勺 = 丶 + 勹

勺 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ladle”. It is built from 丶 (dot) and 勹 (bound up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 72. It appears as a component in 7 other characters in this index.

Keyword

ladle

RTK frame

72

Strokes

3

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

シャク

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

половник, pool

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

勺 spoon

Decomposition

Characters that contain 勺

• 的 bull's eye
• 釣 angling
• 約 promise
• 酌 bartending
• 杓 wooden ladle
• 灼 refulgent
• 豹 panther

How to find 勺 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dot” + “bound up”. 勺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 勺 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.