kanjisense

shaku (unit of volume); ladle; one tenth of a go; dip

component mnemonic:
tablespoon

  • Jinmeiyō
  • □ character + ○ component
  • sound mark

components

wrapping
dot
Japanese on'yomi
シャク shaku
Mandarin Chinese
not available
Cantonese
not available
Korean
not available
Vietnamese
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Japanese kun'yomi
not available

used as a component in:

  • bull's eye 
    テキ tek
  • promise 
    ヤク ʾyak
  • angling 
    チョウ teuˎ
  • bar-tending 
    シャク tśyak

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traditional radical: 20 勹  (+1)