HSK Guide

部首 151a bean, a pea; a stemmed ritual vessel

dòu (fourth tone, falling)

a bean, a pea; a stemmed ritual vessel

部首 1517 画0 汉字

Where the shape comes from

A tall stemmed vessel for presenting food at a ceremony, base, stem and bowl all visible — a shape whose round bowl later lent its outline to the word for a bean, the ritual dish’s original sense fading as the new one took hold. It names beans, peas, in 土豆, a potato, and 豆腐, tofu, and lends its round shape to 痘, pox, a pustule shaped like the bean it is named after.

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