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Kanji Fun Talk: Dou
"Dou" (dou3), which is a referential word. The oracle 'bucket' character resembles a large spoon with a long handle, with the upper part being the head of the spoon, the lower part being the handle of the spoon (the handle of the third type of spoon is tilted to the right), and there is a horizontal on the handle of the spoon, meaning to hold it in the hand.
Jin Wen inherits the glyph of the Oracle. The shape of the small seal has changed, and the shape of the spoon can no longer be seen. The character "斗" in the Mawangdui Book is similar to the third paragraph of the Oracle, and the "dou" character in "Juyan Hanjian" and "Shimen Song" is changed on the basis of the golden glyph, and the script is written as "dou" from this.
In ancient times, the "bucket" of "fighting" and "fighting" was written as "斗", "鬬", and "鬦", which were all included in "斗" when the Chinese characters were simplified. It is pronounced dou4 when expressing this meaning.
"Bucket" is a large spoon derived from ancient times scooping wine or water, not a measuring tool bucket for measuring grain as later generations called. Historia. Xiang Yu Benji: "Jade Bucket a pair, want to be with Ya Father." Meaning: a pair of jade wine vessels, ready to be given to Ya Father (Fan Zeng).
"Bucket" extends from the utensils of wine or water to the measuring instrument. Book of Han. Vinaya: "Ten liters are buckets, and ten buckets are hu2." "
The oracle bone character is actually a large spoon, which is very similar to the shape of the Big Dipper in the sky, so this constellation is called the Big Dipper. The Book of Poetry. Lesser. Dadong: "Wei has a big dipper, you can't make wine pulp." "The seven stars of the Big Dipper appear in the northern sky at dawn and dusk every day, and people in the central and northern parts of our country can see it with the naked eye on sunny days. The ancestors have always used the direction of the Big Dipper to set the season, and the Big Dipper to identify the direction when walking at night. "He2) Crown. Circulation: "The handle of the bucket refers to the east, and the whole world is spring; The south finger of the bucket handle, the whole world is summer; The west finger of the bucket handle, the whole world is autumn; The north finger of the bucket handle, the whole world is winter. "