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Keyword
ancient measuring vessel
  • unit of volume
  • about 50 liters
Frequency
#4388
Strokes
11
Readings
hú
Mnemonic
斗 (measuring cup) gives the meaning and 角 the sound.
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Used in vocabulary
斛hú
ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)
石斛shíhú
noble dendrobium (Dendrobium nobile)