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斛

hú

Character

What 斛 means

1. ancient measuring vessel
2. fifty liters
3. dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)

Words containing 斛

• 石斛shí húnoble dendrobium (Dendrobium nobile)

Characters built on 角

These share the phonetic component 角 (jiǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 觚gūgoblet; rule; law
• 觫sùused in 觳觫
• 觳húancient measuring vessel (same as 斛); frightened

Sounds the same

Read hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胡non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 壶pot; classifier for bottled liquid
• 蝴used in 蝴蝶
• 湖lake
• 狐fox
• 糊to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt
• 弧arc
• 和to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 瑚used in 珊瑚
• 葫used in 葫芦
• 鹕used in 鹈鹕
• 槲Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树