| 斗 | 953A20 63.10 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄉㄡˇ [dou3] | ||
| N. | (1) A peck, a dry measure, containing 10升：升斗小民 poor people, peck and hamper people. (2) A liquid measure: 酒百斗 a hundred 斗 of wine; 市斗 10 catties of rice or 1.63 gallons; 水斗 a ladle, dipper. (3) The Constellation Ursa Major, the dipper, also called 北斗 the Northern Star; 南斗 constellation in Sagitarius; 滿天星斗 a starry night; (fig.) filled with puzzles and perplexities; 斗轉參橫 the dipper handle turns and the Constellation Orion is across, the day-break. (4) The peck used as symbol of s.t. small: 斗城，斗室，斗帳 small city, room, tent. | |||||
| Words | 1. 斗膽 [dou2dan3], adj., presumptuous. 2. 斗店 [dou3dian4], n., grain shop. 3. 斗方 [dou3fang1], n., sheets about one foot square with inscription for pasting on wall; 斗方名士 (contempt.) poetasters. 4. 斗拱 [dou2gong3], n., wooden square blocks supporting beams and girders. 5. 斗箕 [dou3ji1], n., fingerprint, consisting of rounded (斗) and open (箕＝ dust bin) whorls. 6. 斗記 [dou3ji4], n., ditto. 7. 斗笠 [dou3li4], n., large rain hat. 8. 斗門 [dou3men2], n., sluice gate. 9. 斗篷 [dou3peng0], n., Chin. style overcoat, with hood covering head and neck. 10. 斗筲 [dou3shao1], n., rice basket: 斗筲之人 a rice-bag, Confucius' description of officials of his times. 11. 斗宿 [dou3xiu4], n., the Constellation Ursa Major. 12. 斗紋 [dou3wen2], n., fingerprint containing spiral whorls. | |||||