斗, a pictographic character of a wine ladle, serves as a semantic as well as a phonetic component to form characters. In modern Chinese斗means: 1.a fight 2.to contend; to compete with 3.to pieces fit together 4.a unit of dry measure equal to 1 decaliter 5.a dipper-like bin measuring 1 “dou” 6.an object resembling a dipper or … Continue reading "斗 a wine ladle"