斛

Information about character(s)

Radical: 斗
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hú
Cantonese: huk6
JapaneseKun: MASU MASUME
JapaneseOn: KOKU
Korean: KOK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dry measure equal to some five or ten dou (U+6597 舒)

CE-Dict: ancient measuring vessel/fifty liters/dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)

Soothill: droṇa (द्रोण), a tub, or wooden vessel; a measure of capacity. A square wooden vessel, a bushel, a picul.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《斗部》斛十斗也。从斗角聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集下】【斗字部】斛
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤胡谷切，音觳。【說文】十斗也。【儀禮·聘禮】十斗曰斛。【前漢·律歷志】斛者，角斗平多少之量也。【又】量者躍於龠，合於合，登於升，聚於斗，角於斛，職在太倉，大司農掌之。　又姓。【姓氏急就篇】北齊有斛子愼。

CF-Dict: mesure de 10 boisseaux

Han-De-Dict: (English: 5 pecks (M)) (u.E.)