dōu

mountain sedan chair

A bamboo ⺮ pouch  also provides the pronunciation

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

兜 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

dōu

  

pouch

Evolution

篼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
篼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dōu

mountain sedan chair; (Cant.) a simple container without a cover; bamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

8311th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+7BFC

Shuowen

“篼,飲馬器也。从竹,兜聲。”


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