Is it pronounced 柄【え】? 柄【から】?柄【つか】?


Here is a text and video about the cleansing ritual

手水舎【てみずや】

<https://www.nippon.com/ja/views/b05205/>

which includes the sentence

もう一度【いちど】、左手【ひだりて】を清【きよ】め、最後【さいご】にひしゃくを立【た】てて残【のこ】った水【みず】で柄【?】を清【きよ】める

_Once again, purify your left hand. Finally, stand up the ladle and purify the
handle with the remaining water._

In this context, is 柄 "handle" pronounced 柄【え】 or 柄【から】 or 柄【つか】?

I tried looking it up in a couple of places and could not figure it out.

[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/柄杓](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%84%E6%9D%93)

[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/柄/#je-6272](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E6%9F%84/#je-6272)




I'd read it as え.

> ひしゃくの[柄]{え}、フライパンの[柄]{え}、[柄]{え}の長い[箒]{ほうき}...

[柄]{え} means "handle, grip" (≈ [取]{と}っ[手]{て}).

* * *

[柄]{がら} means "pattern, design" (≈ [模様]{もよう}).

> [桜]{さくら}の[柄]{がら}のハンカチ

[柄]{がら} also means "physique, frame" (≈ [体格]{たいかく}), and "nature, quality (of
a person or area)" (≈ [性質]{せいしつ}, [品格]{ひんかく}).

> [柄]{がら}の大きい男 (≈ [大柄]{おおがら}の男)  
>  [柄]{がら}の悪い地域

* * *

I've never seen [柄]{つか}. It seems like it's used for the handle of 武器, such as
刀, 剣, 弓.




I'd read it as え.

> ひしゃくの[柄]{え}、フライパンの[柄]{え}、[柄]{え}の長い[箒]{ほうき}...

[柄]{え} means "handle, grip" (≈ [取]{と}っ[手]{て}).

* * *

[柄]{がら} means "pattern, design" (≈ [模様]{もよう}).

> [桜]{さくら}の[柄]{がら}のハンカチ

[柄]{がら} also means "physique, frame" (≈ [体格]{たいかく}), and "nature, quality (of
a person or area)" (≈ [性質]{せいしつ}, [品格]{ひんかく}).

> [柄]{がら}の大きい男 (≈ [大柄]{おおがら}の男)  
>  [柄]{がら}の悪い地域

* * *

I've never seen [柄]{つか}. It seems like it's used for the handle of 武器, such as
刀, 剣, 弓.

