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枓

dǒu

Character

What 枓 means

1. architecturesquare wooden bearing block used to support a bracket in a dougong {斗拱|dǒu gǒng} bracket system

Words starting with 枓

• 枓拱dǒu gǒngvariant of 斗拱
• 枓栱dǒu gǒngvariant of 斗拱

Characters built on 斗

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

• 抖dǒuto tremble; to shake out; to reveal
• 蚪dǒuused in 蝌蚪
• 钭tǒua wine flagon

Sounds the same

Read dǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抖to tremble; to shake out; to reveal
• 陡steep; precipitous; (of a change) abrupt; sudden
• 斗dry measure for grain equal to ten 升; decaliter; peck
• 蚪used in 蝌蚪
• 唞to take a rest (Cantonese)

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dǒu correctly.
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