【斗】(Tomasu,To/measure) Kanji Radical, Bushu

【斗】Tomasu, To

Commentary on the radical "斗"

Many of the kanji characters in the radical "斗" include the meanings of "ladle, fetch, and measure."

e.g.

料 → 米＋ 斗

The part of "米" means "rice."
The part of "斗" is a hieroglyphic character for "a cube container with a handle."
The two together represent "measuring rice with a cube container."
This meaning is transposed to mean "to measure."

斜 → 余 ＋ 斗

The part of "余" means "to stretch."
The part of "斗" stands for "ladle."
Together, the two mean "to reach out and draw water with the ladle."
It is also related to the kanji character "袤," which means "slanting."
Today, it is mainly used in the sense of "slanting."

List of kanji with "斗" as radical

They are listed in stroke order.

斗 料 斜 斟 斡

The following kanji are classified under different radicals.

魁 → 鬼（oni）

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