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斗、鬥

The simplified character '斗' corresponds to 2 different characters in traditional Chinese. The choice depends on the meaning of the word, not a character-by-character swap.

容量單位;星宿名
Reading
dòu dǒu Jyut. dau3
Strokes
4 Radical40
Kangxi
4 (derived) p. 477, no. 24
Telegraph
TW 2435 CN 2435
English
a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
Correct
北斗 斗笠 斗膽 五斗米
Common Mistake
北鬥

Basis: 中華民國教育部,教育部《重編國語辭典修訂本》,臺灣學術網路第六版 Entry Link · 斗(條目 ID 1989) (Taiwan Standard)

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