Radical 68

斗
67 ⽂ ◄	68	► ⽄ 69
Pinyin :	dǒu (= bushel)
Zhuyin :	ㄉ ㄡ
Hiragana :	と ま す tomasu
Kanji :	斗 tomasu (= ladle)
Hangul :	말
Sinocorean :	두 you
Codepoint :	U + 6597
Stroke sequence :

Radical 68 , meaning " bushel ", is one of the 34 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of four strokes.

With 8 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it has a very low frequency.

In the People's Republic of China, 斗 is used as an abbreviation instead of radical 191鬥.

In the compound symbol, 斗 (dou) sometimes also functions as a sound carrier, for example in 蝌蚪 (kedou = tadpole).

As a bearer of meaning, 斗 places characters in the meaning field of measurement as in 料 (= material, originally the two points show grains of rice in a bushel), 斜 (= crooked; originally: take up with a bushel), 斛 (= ten times the amount of a 斗),戽 (= scoop with a bucket), 魁 (= leader: originally a large soup spoon).

Character combinations ruled by radical 68

Strokes	character
+ 00	斗
+ 03	斘
+ 06	料 斚 斛
+ 07	斜
+ 08	斝
+ 09	斞 斟
+10	斠 斡
+12	斢
+13	斣

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 68 is coded under the code point number 12.099 (U + 2F43).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 122 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 68  - Graphic representations of Radikal 68

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 68 on page 48