bean

Origin & mnemonic

A pictograph depicting a bean or a ritualistic bean-shaped vessel with legs used in ancient China. In oracle-bone script and seal script, the character represents either the vessel itself or the sprouting bean.

Mnemonic: Remember the bean radical by picturing an ancient tripod vessel for beans or a sprouting bean seed.

• 豆dòu🔊

  legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4])

  7 strokes

• 岂qǐ🔊

  how? (emphatic question)

  10 strokes

• 豇jiāng🔊

  used in 豇豆[jiang1 dou4]

  10 strokes

• 豉chǐ🔊

  salted fermented beans

  11 strokes

• 豊lǐ🔊

  ceremonial vessel

  13 strokes

• 豋dēng🔊

  ceremonial vessel

  13 strokes

• 竖shù🔊

  variant of 豎|竖[shu4]

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 豌wān🔊

  used in 豌豆[wan1 dou4]

  15 strokes

• 豍bī🔊

  pea (Pisum sativum)

  15 strokes

• 豏xiàn🔊

  half-grown beans

  17 strokes

• 丰fēng🔊

  abundant

  18 strokes

• 豑zhì🔊

  old variant of 秩[zhi4]

  20 strokes