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勺

Reading

Kana: シャク
Romaji: shaku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

ladle, one tenth of a go, dip

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  20
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  3-2-1
Korean Reading:  jag
Chinese Reading:  shuo4
Unicode:  52fa
JIS:  3C5B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2933
Nelson Index: 740
New Nelson Index: 565
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a3.5
Four Corner Index: 2732.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1342
Gakken Index: 2020
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2495
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0423
Remembering the kanji Index: 68
Kodansha Compact Index: 228
Kanji in Context Index: 1917
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1863
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2540
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 68
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 72
Essential Kanji Index: 1817
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3650
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2552
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1015

Words

勺 (しゃく、せき)
18 ml (one-tenth of a go); 0.033 meters square (one-hundredth of a tsubo); dip; ladle
一勺 (いっしゃく)
one shaku
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