斗
と とます
- to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres n
- square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) n
- Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) n astron
- kanji radical 68 at right n
Kanji
斗
ト • トウ
Big Dipper; ten sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68)
Synonyms
二十八宿
にじゅうはっしゅく
- twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions) n
玄武
げんぶ げんむ
- Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) n
- seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens n astron