斗 - Dǒu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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斗

Dǒu

Definition

abbr. (for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星)

Other pronunciations

dòu

to fight
to struggle
radical (Kang Xi 68)
to condemn
to censure
to contend
to put together
coming together

Character Decomposition

Compounds (17)

科

kē

branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; category; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine someone

料

liào

material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess

斜

xié

inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting

抖

dǒu

to tremble; to shake out; to reveal; to make it in the world

魁

kuí

chief; head; outstanding; exceptional; stalwart

斟

zhēn

to pour; to deliberate

斛

hú

ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)

to turn

a wine flagon

water bucket for irrigation

枓

dǒu

square base for Chinese flagstaff

tadpole

small jade cup with ears

斠

jiào

(old) instrument to even out the grain in a measuring vessel; to proofread; to collate

斞

yǔ

stack of grain; dry measure equivalent to 16 斗 or 160 liters

to plunder

archaic Korean hanja pronounced dul, phonetic 斗 du plus 乙 ul

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