U+6597 "斗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
斗
U+6597 "斗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents a unit of measurement for volume in East Asian cultures historically used for grain and liquids. It also carries the meanings of a dipper or ladle, and in classical contexts, it refers to the Big Dipper constellation, as seen in the Chinese term "北斗". In modern usage, it functions as a verb meaning to fight or compete, often appearing in compound words and phrases. This character is widely used in Chinese and Japanese writing systems, where it contributes to both everyday vocabulary and traditional texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6597 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 斗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 斗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x96 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6597 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006597 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6597 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4E6 |
| kCCCII | 21425B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4547 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4547 |
| kCangjie | YJ |
| kCantonese | dau3 |
| kCihaiT | 612.302 |
| kCowles | 4109 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0835.270 |
| kDefinition | a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii |
| kEACC | 276167 |
| kFanqie | 當口 |
| kFenn | 23C |
| kFennIndex | 533.10 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3400.0 |
| kGB0 | 2223 |
| kGB1 | 8815 |
| kGSR | 0116a |
| kHangul | 두:0E |
| kHanYu | 32252.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | dòu(1360) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32252.010:dǒu,zhǔ,dòu |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⽃[U+2F43]:32252.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 1731 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0835.270 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32252.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0477.240 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3637 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4E6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-454D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D6DE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5460 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4547 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5833 |
| kJapanese | ト シュ ツ トウ とます |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:166 |
| kJapaneseKun | TOMASU MASU HISHAKU |
| kJapaneseOn | TO TOU |
| kJis0 | 3745 |
| kKangXi | 0477.240 |
| kKorean | TWU |
| kLau | 503 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2435 |
| kMandarin | dòu dǒu |
| kMatthews | 6472 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3027 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013059 |
| kMorohashi | 13489 |
| kNelson | 2073 |
| kPhonetic | 1320 1321* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3143+68.4.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 68.0 |
| kSBGY | 325.42 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "斗" U+6597 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 281.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | dǒu粵dau2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2435 |
| kTang | *dǒu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 079.120:dǒu 079.170:dòu |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "斗" U+6597 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "鬥" U+9B25 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | đấu |
| kXerox | 251:144 |
| kXHC1983 | 0262.030:dǒu 0263.060:dòu |