漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
斗: Big Dipper, ten sho (vol)
Also: sake dipper, dots and cross radical (no. 68)
丶 is drawn in
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Spring and Autumn Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
トto · on'yomi · in compounds
- 斗とto
- 一斗いっと1 "to" (unit of volume, approx. 18 litres)
- 斗酒としゅkegs of sake; lot of sake
Also read トウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Pictogram (象形) (Shuowen), indicating a ladle-shaped dipper or cup used to measure grain (see below) held by hand.
Source: Wiktionary, 斗 (rev. 90013237), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The base radical, representing an ancient unit of volume and the most famous constellation in the northern sky.”
Connections
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dòu, dǒu
Same form: 斗 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 斗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 斗 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dòu, dǒu most common readings
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.