You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bean (dòu) Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 1192, Entry 07 Pronounced li (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): A vessel used when performing rituals. Correcting Errors in the Six Writings (Liushu Zheng'e): This is the ancient form of the character for ritual. Later generations found it easily confused with the character for abundant, and because rituals are important in sacrificial offerings, the altar radical was added to distinguish it. All characters such as those for a river name or sweet wine adopt this component. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): Originally written as a specific form. The character structure adopts bean as a component and is an ideogram.