匙

さじ · saji · JLPT N2 · noun

spoon

🥄 さじ (saji) sounds like 'sass-ee': a spoon that sasses your soup, scooping sass.

匙 is written with the 'spoon' radical 匕 plus 是, which hints at its sound 'shi' in older readings. Saji is the everyday Japanese word for spoon.

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