匙: spoon

spoon

11 strokesNames & literary · More literary kanji (準1級 range)in 3 words here

Readings

シ

Kun

さじ

Mostly read さじ, as in 大匙 (tablespoon), 小匙 (teaspoon) and the idiom 匙を投げる. The on-reading シ is rare.

匙さじspoon

大匙おおさじtablespoon

小匙こさじteaspoon

匙加減さじかげんdosage; (one's) touch

匙を投げるさじをなげるto give up on

赤あかちゃんの口くちに、小ちいさな匙さじでおかゆを運はこんだ。

I brought the rice porridge to the baby's mouth with a small spoon.

味付あじつけは、料理人りょうりにんの匙加減さじかげんひとつで決きまる。

The seasoning depends entirely on the cook's touch.

医者いしゃさえ匙を投さじをなげた病気びょうきが、奇跡きせき的てきに治なおった。

The illness that even the doctors had given up on healed miraculously.