The Radical: 斗


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Meaning
dipper    斗

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 3
feed, material, to expect, to anticipate
liào
Left: rice , right: measure of volume (1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
Rice of a dou is measured: as feed.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 4
branch of study, division, rules, laws

Left: rice plant , right: measure of volume (1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
How rice plants are measured is taught in this branch of study.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
to tremble, to shake out, to reveal
dǒu
Left: hand , right: measure of volume (stylised ladle (1 dǒu = 10 l) with sth. in it)
As the hand hold the (heavy) ladle, it began to tremble.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
inclined, slanting, oblique, tilting
xié
Left: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar [= to show], thus in excess.), right: measure of volume (1 Dou= 18 l), stylised ladle with sth. on it)
A 'too much' on the ladle makes it: inclined.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
to fight, struggle, condemn, volume 1 Dou = 10 l
dǒu, dòu
Stylised ladle with sth. in it
For the ladle they had a fight.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
pour, to consider, to deliberate
zhēn
Left extraordinary (A grain shovel with an extra angle makes it very extraordinary), right: measure of volume (1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
With the extraordinary ladle to pour sth. in.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
chief, head, outstanding, exceptional, stalwart
kuí
Left: devil, demon , right: measure of volume (1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
He is (strict) like a devil, but also distributes with a ladle: The chief.

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