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dipper 斗
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As spoon or ladle also 匕 and 勺 are used.
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Used in these characters:
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料
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| feed, material, to expect, to anticipate
liào
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米
斗
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Left: rice 米, right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylized ladle with sth. in it)
Rice of a dou is measured: as feed.
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科
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| branch of study, division, rules, laws
kē
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禾
斗
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: measure of volume 斗 (1 Dou = 10 l; stylized ladle with sth. in it)
How rice plants are measured is taught in this branch of study.
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抖
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to tremble, to shake out, to reveal
dǒu
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扌
斗
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Left: hand 扌, right: measure of volume 斗 (stylized ladle (1 dǒu = 10 l) with sth. in it)
As the hand hold the (heavy) ladle, it began to tremble.
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斜
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| inclined, slanting, oblique, tilting
xié
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余
斗
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Left: excess/rest 余 (A heap  is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus in excess.), right: measure of volume (1 Dou= 18 l), stylized ladle with sth. on it)
A 'too much' on the ladle makes it: inclined.
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斗
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to fight, struggle, condemn, volume 1 Dou = 10 l
dǒu, dòu
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斗
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Stylized ladle with sth. in it
For the ladle they had a fight.
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斟
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pour, to consider, to deliberate
zhēn
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斗
甚
匹
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Left extraordinary 甚 (A grain shovel 其 with an extra angle  makes it very extraordinary), right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylized ladle with sth. in it)
With the extraordinary ladle to pour sth. in.
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魁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| chief, head, outstanding, exceptional, stalwart
kuí
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鬼
斗
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Left: devil, demon 鬼, right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylized ladle with sth. in it)
He is (strict) like a devil, but also distributes with a ladle: The chief.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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