Chinese Character 斛 Meanings and components.

Form

斛

Meaning

斛 meaning[3] in English

Ancient Measuring Vessel.

Fifty Liters.

Dry Measure For Grain Equal To Five Dou 五斗 (Before Tang, Ten Pecks).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 斛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jue (角) , and abbr. for the … (斗)

Its radical[1] is: 斗 (dou4) which means: Abbr. For The Big Dipper Constellation 北斗星[Bei3 Dou3 Xing1], .斗dou4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with NBYJ

How to write 斛

To write斛hu2ancient measuring … you should write a combination of 角jiao3surname Jue , 斗dou4abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

角 + 斗 = 斛

斛 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 斛 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 斛, looks as follow:

斛
Pinyin:hu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ancient Measuring Vessel . Fifty Liters . Dry Measure For Grain Equal To Five Dou 五斗 (Before Tang, Ten Pecks)
角
Pinyin:jiao3
Meaning[3]: Surname Jue
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
用
Pinyin:yong4
Meaning[3]: To Use . To Employ . To Have To . To Eat Or Drink . Expense Or Outlay . Usefulness . Hence . Therefore
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
斗
Pinyin:dou4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For The Big Dipper Constellation 北斗星[Bei3 Dou3 Xing1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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