Radical 68
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 68 | uni |
| meaning | dipper |
| pny | dǒu |
| bopo | ㄉㄡˇ |
| wade | tou3 |
| jyutping | dau2 |
| yale | dáu |
| poj | tó͘ (lit.), táu (col.) |
| cn | 斗字旁 dǒuzìpáng |
| onyomi | ト to / トウ tō |
| kunyomi | ます masu |
| jp | 斗/と to |
| 斗/ます masu | |
| とます tomasu | |
| hang | 말 mal |
| hanja | 두 du |
| vie | đấu |
| :: |
|68|uni=6597 |meaning=dipper |pny= dǒu |bopo= ㄉㄡˇ |wade= tou3 |jyutping= dau2 |yale= dáu |poj= tó͘ (lit.), táu (col.) |cn= 斗字旁 dǒuzìpáng |onyomi= ト to / トウ tō |kunyomi= ます masu |jp= 斗/と to 斗/ます masu とます tomasu |kanji= |hang= 말 mal |hanja= 두 du |vie=đấu
Radical 68 or radical dipper (斗部) meaning "dipper" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 32 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
斗 is also the 96th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
市斗 shìdǒu, sometimes represented by 斗 dǒu alone, is also the symbol for a Chinese traditional measurement of dry volume equaling about 10 liters, which is ~18.16 pints, ~2.27 gallons, ~610.2 cubic inches, or ~0.3531 cubic feet.
Evolution
File:斗-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:斗-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:斗-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 斗 |
| +3 | 斘 |
| +6 | 料 斚 (=斝) 斛 |
| +7 | 斜 |
| +8 | 斝 |
| +9 | 斞 斟 |
| +10 | 斠 斡 斢SC variant |
| +12 | 斢TC variant |
| +13 | 斣 |
| :: |
Literature
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