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

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biāo biao1

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

sháo as in 杓子 shao2

杓子sháoziscoop
网杓wǎngsháoskimmer (kitchen utensil)
脑杓nǎosháothe spoon shape slope on the nape
中杓鹬zhōngsháoyù(bird species of China) Eurasian whimbrel; common whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
大杓鹬dàsháoyù(bird species of China) Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
小杓鹬xiǎosháoyù(bird species of China) little curlew (Numenius minutus)
白腰杓鹬báiyāosháoyù(bird species of China) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)