bean

dòu (dou4)

Radical no. 151 · 7 strokes (151 部首 · 7 151 bùshǒu · 7 huà)

Radical ⾖ (dòu) — meaning: bean, 7 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

A pictograph depicting a bean or a ritualistic bean-shaped vessel with legs used in ancient China. In oracle-bone script and seal script, the character represents either the vessel itself or the sprouting bean.

Mnemonic: Remember the bean radical by picturing an ancient tripod vessel for beans or a sprouting bean seed.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

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Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.