dǒu, dòu
ladle
Pictograph of a ladle or dipper. In simplified Chinese 斗 is also used to mean "fight, struggle", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 鬥.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Dǒu
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Běidǒuxīng]
dǒu
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[shēng] or one-tenth of a 石[dàn]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡[dǒu]
dòu
struggle, fight, compete, contend; to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
dòu
dòu
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
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