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杓

biāo/sháo

(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle; (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper

Ancient forms

1 form
  1. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

biāo biao1
  1. (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle
  2. (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
sháo as in 杓子 shao2
  1. ladle (variant of 勺 sháo)

Words with 杓

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