The pronunciation of "豆" is [dòu].

Interpretation:

1. Pictogram. The shape of the oracle bone inscriptions resembles a high plate, or it may have a cover. One of the radicals of Chinese characters, derived from the word "bean" or related to food utensils. Or something to do with beans. Original meaning: An ancient vessel for holding food, shaped like a tall plate or with a lid. They began to appear in the late Neolithic Age and became popular during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. They were mostly made of pottery, but also made of bronze or painted wood. Later generations also used it as a ritual vessel.

1. Beans are also ancient meat-eating utensils. ——"Shuowen"

2. Ni Sheng Yu Dou. ——"Poetry·Daya·Shengmin"

Second, and

1. Yu Dou Yu Deng.

2. Jidou’s big house. ——"Poetry·Lu Song·Zhen Gong"

3. Pigeon peas are called beans, bamboo beans are called bamboo beans, and tile beans are called climbing. ——"Erya"

4. Eating a piece of bean meat is the food of Chinese people. ——"Zhou Li Kao Gong Ji"

5. If it is marketed to others, will the solid beans be offered as sacrifices to guests? ——Liu Ji of the Ming Dynasty, "The Mandarin Seller's Words"

Another example: Douzu (referring to the ritual vessels used for sacrifices in ancient times); Doujiu (vessels used to hold food during ancient banquets and sacrifices. Wooden It's called Dou, and the one made of bamboo is called Jian)).

3. Ancient containers. It is also a unit of capacity, with four liters equal to one bean.

Four liters are beans. ——"Zuo Zhuan·The Third Year of Zhaogong"

Another example: Doudeng (ancient vessel, also used as a sacrificial vessel. The board resembles a bean but is shallower).

4. "Bean" is disguised as "shu", the general name of legumes

1. The eldest son is hoeing beans in the east of the stream, and the middle son is weaving a chicken coop. ——Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty, "Qingpingle·Village Residence"

2. When the rain falls in April, small and large beans can be planted. ——Jia Sixie of the Later Wei Dynasty, "Qi Min Yao Shu·Growing Beans"

Another example: lentils; black beans; bean paste (abbreviation for bean meat wine); bean curd rice (formerly known as home-cooked rice); bean curd paier (a shop selling tofu); bean paste (cooking beans to make porridge); bean sprouts (bean paste) Seedlings); bean carvings (a metaphor for the division of territory); bean stalks (seedlings of beans); bean vines (the stems of vines in legumes).

5. Ancient units of weight. Sixteen millet is one bean, six beans is one baht, twenty-four baht is one tael, and sixteen taels is one pound.

Sixteen millet is one bean. ——"Shuo Yuan Bian Wu"

6. Things that look like beans.

For example: bean girl (little girl); bean fire (referring to fire as small as a bean); potato; bean meat (referring to the meat contained in a bean).

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