⽃ U+2F43,⽃ KANGXI RADICAL DIPPER ←⽂ [U+2F42] Kangxi Radicals ⽄ → [U+2F44]

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Radical 68斗

斗 (Kangxi radical 68,斗+0, 4 strokes,cangjie input卜十 (YJ),four-corner3400₀,composition⿽⿻㇀丨⺀)

1. Kangxi radical #68,⽃.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/斗
• 呌,㘰,㞳,㳆,阧,枓,炓,㸯,㺶,䀞,科,紏,蚪,䚵(𬣟),酙,鈄(钭)
• 䢏,魁,乧,㖍,戽,閗(𫔯),鬦

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 477, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13489
• Dae Jaweon: page 835, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2252, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6597

Historical forms of the character斗
Shang	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) (Shuowen), indicating a ladle-shaped dipper or cup used to measure grain (see below) held by hand. See also升.

Pronunciations 1 (“dipper, ladle”) and 2 (“water ladle”) are cognate. Variant character:枓 (zhǔ, “ladle”). They probably belong to the same word family as注 (OC*tjos, “to pour”), as a derived noun. Within Sino-Tibetan, compareTibetanཆུ(chu,“water”),འཆུ('chu,“to scoop up, to ladle water”) andBurmeseတို့(tui.,“to dip; large basket”).

斗

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• 斗(Chinese)
• 斗(Cantonese)

1. (historical) adipper orcup-like object, used in ancient China as a wine vessel
   • 斗量  ― dǒuliàng  ―  to measure withdou; numerous
   • 斗筲  ― dǒushāo  ― dou andxiao; humble; insignificant
2. Anydou-shaped object;dipper,ladle.

   漏斗  ― lòudǒu  ―  funnel

   熨斗  ― yùndǒu  ―  flatiron

   • 煙斗／烟斗  ― yāndǒu  ―  tobacco pipe
   • 風斗／风斗  ― fēngdǒu  ―  wind scoop
   • 水斗  ― shuǐdǒu  ―  water ladle
   • 墨斗  ― mòdǒu  ―  carpenter's ink marker
   • 抽斗  ― chōudǒu  ―  drawer
   • 斗笠  ― dǒulì  ―  wide-brimmed rain hat
   • 斗篷  ― dǒupéng  ―  cape, cloak
3. Round or spiral shaped;fingerprint (adactylogram)
4. Dou, aunit ofdryvolumeespecially forgrains,roughlyequal to 1decaliter or apeck.
5. Dou, aunit ofweightbased on thevolumemeasure.
6. (figurative) Asmallamount
   • 升斗  ― shēngdǒu  ― sheng anddou; a small amount
7. (figurative)small,short,narrow (as with a dipper)
   • 斗室  ― dǒushì  ―  small room
8. (figurative)big,high, to befull of (as with a dipper)
   • 斗膽／斗胆  ― dǒudǎn  ―  venture; boldly
9. Stars in general.
   • 星斗  ― xīngdǒu  ―  stars
10. (北斗) TheBig Dipper, anasterism of seven stars.
    • 星移斗轉／星移斗转  ― xīngyídǒuzhuǎn  ―  passage of time
    • 泰斗  ― tàidǒu  ―  the leading authority
11. (～宿)(Chineseastronomy)Dipper(one ofTwenty-Eight Mansions)
12. (南斗) A subconstellation of the above mansion, consisting of six stars.
13. (小北斗) TheLittle Dipper, a constellation of six stars.
14. A Chinese constellation (星官) consisting of five stars.
15. short for刁斗 (“cauldron,cymbal”)
16. short for科斗 (“tadpole”)
17. (斗姆)Doumu, agoddess inTaoism.
18. alternative form of枓(dǒu,“the system ofwoodbrackets on the top of acolumn supporting thecrossbeam”)
    • 斗拱  ― dǒugǒng  ―  corbel bracket
19. alternative form of陡(dǒu,“steep, cliffy”)
20. alternative form of陡(dǒu,“suddenly, in a sudden”)
21. alternative form of抖(dǒu,“to tremble, to shake off”)

(Unit of dry measure)

• → Tocharian B:tau

斗

1. A unit of measure for liquids.
2. alternative form of枓(“ladle or spoon used forscooping water”)
3. alternative form of主(“master, God”)

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

斗

1. (Hokkien)time; aninstance oroccurrence

斗

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien)snare;trap(especially with a trigger)
2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) tosnare; tocatch in atrap; toensnare
3. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, possibly dated) tocatchbetweentwosticks
4. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, possibly dated) tofasten alatch orsmallbolt
5. (Taiwanese Hokkien, in general, possibly dated) toengage atrigger with aclicksound(of a gun, trap, etc.)
6. (Taiwanese Hokkien, in general, possibly dated)device with atrigger

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斗

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(Jōyō kanji)

1. a unit of liquid measure

• Go-on:つ(tsu)
• Kan-on:とう(tō)
• Kan’yō-on:と(to,Jōyō)
• Kun:ます(masu,斗)、ひしゃく(hishaku,斗)、とます(tomasu,斗)

斗(と)• (to) 

1. an obsolete unit of liquid measure equal to about 18 liters (18,000 cm³)

• “^△斗”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2026

斗 (eumhun말두(mal du))

1. hanja form^? of두(“measure of about 18liters; such measuring vessel”)
2. hanja form^? of두(“cauldron;cymbal”)
3. hanja form^? of두(“dipper,ladle”)
4. hanja form^? of두(“asterism aroundPolaris such asBig Dipper andLittle Dipper”)

• (cauldron):刁

• (unit):合 (홉,hob,¹⁄₁₀₀ mal);升 (승,seung,¹⁄₁₀ mal);石 (섬,seom, 10-20 mal)

• 斗 (국제퇴계학회)

Reconstructed*twu- after both the Middle Korean reflex and the Sino-Korean reading.

斗 (*twu-)

1. topossess, tohave
   • c.1170,Interpretivegugyeol glosses to theAvatamsaka Sutra, vol. 35, pages12:02—03:

     當^爲隱矣隱天下^乙[有]^斗賜爲旀

     TANG-hwo-n to-y-n THYEN.HA-rtwu-si-wo-mye

     Now in this moment, [I]possess all under heaven

     (N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed terms were ignored when read.)

   • c.1170,Interpretivegugyeol glosses to theAvatamsaka Sutra, vol. 35, pages26:11—12:

     十^尸種^叱無盡^乙[有]^斗良

     YEl KAc MWU.CIN-urtwu-e

     Ithas ten kinds of inexhaustibilities

     (N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed terms were ignored when read.)

• Middle Korean:두다〮(twùtá,“to place”)
  • Korean:두다(duda,“to place”)

• 황선엽 (Hwang Seon-yeop),이전경 (Yi Jeon-gyeong),하귀녀 (Ha Gwi-nyeo),이용 (Yi Yong),박진호 (Park Jin-ho),김성주 (Kim Seong-ju),장경준 (Jang Gyeong-jun),서민욱 (Seo Min-uk),이지영 (Yi Ji-yeong),서형국 (Seo Hyeong-guk). (2009),석독구결사전/釋讀口訣辭典 [Dictionary of interpretivegugyeol], Bakmunsa,→ISBN, pages76—84

斗:Hán Nôm readings:đẩu,đấu,điếu,tẩu

斗

1. chữ Hán form ofđẩu(“(occurs in compounds only, see斗 (pronunciation 1) for a full list of definitions)”)
2. (classifiercái) 斗chữ Nôm form ofđấu(“dipper,ladle,scoop”)
3. chữ Nôm form oftẩu(“tobacco pipe”)

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