杓
biāosháo

handle of cup

A wooden 木 spoon 勺

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
勺
勺 Meaning component
sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyakm-tewkladle (n.)
Zhengzhangplew
pʰlew
bljewɢ
pleːwɢ
Unicodezhiɑk

說文解字

枓柄也。从木从勺。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica