⾖

bean

dòu (dou4)

Radical no. 151 · 7 strokes (第 151 部首 · 7 画 dì 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)

3 characters

Stroke count

All strokes1-3 strokes4-6 strokes7-10 strokes11+ strokes

Sort

Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 豆dòu

    legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4])

    7 strokes

  • 岂qǐ

    how? (emphatic question)

    10 strokes

  • 豇jiāng

    used in 豇豆[jiang1 dou4]

    10 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

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