杓 (soek3 biu1 | shao2 biao1) : ladle; spoon; scoop

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杓

soek3 biu1

shao2 biao1

[粵] soek3 | [國] shao2
ladle; spoon; scoop

[粵] biu1 | [國] biao1
three stars on the handle of the Big Dipper constellation

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

杓 / 勺

This word has been viewed 2407 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 23rd Apr 2013 15:13 and last edited on 23rd Apr 2013 15:15

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Decimal representation of this word: 杓
Unicode code for this character: U+6753 (off-site link)

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