Chinese Character Wiki

斛

hú

dry measure equal to some five or ten dou (U+6597 舒)

Components
角 sound component

角  Sound component

jiǎo, jué

  

horn

斗 meaning component

斗  Meaning component

dǒu, dòu

  

ladle

measuring cup

Evolution

斛 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
斛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
斛 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
斛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斛  

hú

dry measure equal to some five or ten dou (U+6597 舒); ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

槲

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4531st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+659B

Shuowen

“斛，十斗也。从斗，角聲。”


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