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It is traditional volume unit, “mal” in Korean, measure of about 18 liters

The character's origin is a pictograph of a ladle with a sack used for measuring grain. Because of the ladle’s shape, it also became the name of the constellation (the Big Dipper, 북두칠성). In China, the simplified forms 鬪/ 鬥 are replaced by the character 斗.

It is also used in names, meaning 'chief' or 'head of the chief'.

#60 — to walk a little, to take small steps

#61 — heart, mind, center, core

#62 — dagger-axe, spear (an ancient Chinese weapon similar to a halberd)

#63 — door, house number, house, home

#64 — hand

#65 — to support, to bear, to sustain, to calculate, to branch off

#66 — to hit, strike

#67 — script, writing, letter

#68 — measuring vessel, horse

#69 — axe

#70 — square, direction

#71 — none, not exist

#72 — day, sun

#73 — to say, to speak

#74 — month, moon

#75 — tree, wood, wooden

#76 — yawn, deficiency

Explore the meaning, etymology and usage of this Chinese character. Learn its radical and how it is applied in Korean language.

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斗

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