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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
sháo - spoon
- ladle
- CL:把[ba3]
- abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 11,897 9,618 4,418

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A spoon 勹 with something in it 丶

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
勺子 5 - 8,887 22,526 10,217
- 6 11,897 9,618 4,418
后脑勺 - - 13,550 31,441 19,946
汤勺 - - 31,396 62,897 31,784
掌勺 - - 56,500 65,058 44,012
漏勺 - - 68,589 72,436 36,375