dipper

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of a dipper or large spoon used for scooping, descended from seal script. The form depicts the bowl of the dipper with its handle curved upward.

Mnemonic: Picture a ladle with a curved handle pointing upward, used for scooping liquids.

• 斜xié🔊

  inclined

  HSK 5

  11 strokes

• 斛hú🔊

  ancient measuring vessel

  11 strokes

• 斝jiǎ🔊

  small jade cup with ears

  12 strokes

• 斞yǔ🔊

  dry measure equivalent to 16 斗[dou3] or 160 liters

  12 strokes

• 斟zhēn🔊

  to pour

  13 strokes

• 斠jiào🔊

  (old) instrument to even out the grain in a measuring vessel

  14 strokes

• 斡wò🔊

  to turn

  14 strokes

• 斢tiǎo🔊

  (dialect) to exchange

  15 strokes