Radical 68
| 斗 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 斗 (U+6597) "dipper" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | dǒu | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄉㄡˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | tou3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | dau2 | |
| Jyutping: | dau2 | |
| Japanese Kana: | トウ, ます tou, masu | |
| Sino-Korean: | 두 du | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 斗 tomasu | |
| Hangul: | 말 mal | |
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Radical 68 meaning "dipper" is 1 of 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 4 strokes. 市斗, sometimes represented by 斗 alone, is also the symbol for a Chinese traditional measurement of dry volume equaling about 10 liters, which is ~18.16 pints, ~2.27 gallons, ~610.2 cubic inches, or ~0.3531 cubic feet.
In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 32 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 68
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 斗 |
| 3 additional strokes | 斘 |
| 6 additional strokes | 料 斚 斛 |
| 7 additional strokes | 斜 |
| 8 additional strokes | 斝 |
| 9 additional strokes | 斞 斟 |
| 10 additional strokes | 斠 斡 |
| 12 additional strokes | 斢 |
| 13 additional strokes | 斣 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets". CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second Edition ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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External links
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