豆

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legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) (variant of 豆[dou4])

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Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

An old serving dish 口 on a stand with a lid 一

Components 一 ×2 口丷

beans · Heisig RSH #1131

— as a component also called: table

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
火山豆	huǒ shān dòu	macadamia nut
豆角儿	dòu jiǎo r	erhua variant of 豆角[dou4 jiao3]
兰花豆	lán huā dòu	savory fried fava beans
豆子	dòu zi	bean; pea; CL:顆\|颗[ke1]
大豆	dà dòu	soybean
目光如豆	mù guāng rú dòu	short-sighted; limited vision
小豆	xiǎo dòu	see 紅豆\|红豆[hong2 dou4]
豆花	dòu huā	jellied tofu; soft bean curd
白菜豆	bái cài dòu	white kidney beans
吃豆人	Chī dòu rén	Pac-Man (computer game)
红豆沙	hóng dòu shā	red bean paste
巴豆	bā dòu	croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1]; croton s…
红豆	hóng dòu	azuki bean; red bean
黄豆	huáng dòu	soybean
土豆网	Tǔ dòu Wǎng	Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
巴豆树	bā dòu shù	croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], wit…
龙豆	lóng dòu	dragon bean; long bean
料豆儿	liào dòu r	cooked black soybean as animal fodder
豆制品	dòu zhì pǐn	legume-based product; soybean product
豆沙包	dòu shā bāo	bean paste bun

These characters use 豆 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
豆 sound part	dòu	beans, peas; bean-shaped
短	duǎn	brief, short; deficient, lacking
登	dēng	to rise, to mount, to board, to climb
逗	dòu	to entice, to tempt; to arouse, to stir
厨	chú	kitchen; closet, cupboard
痘	dòu	smallpox