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勺 — Ladle

JLPT N13 strokesSecondary school
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
On’yomiシャク (shaku)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (3 strokes)

1 2 3

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Study notes

勺 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 3 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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