Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dipper (dǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 478, Entry 18 Pronounced yu (rising tone) According to the Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is the same as the character for a granary (yu). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is a type of measuring vessel. As stated in the Winter Officials: Artificer's Record section of the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), three di of silk and three yu of lacquer. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it is currently written as the character for a granary (yu). According to the Small Erya (Xiao Er ya), four dou are one qu, four qu are one fu, and two and a half fu are one yu. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written in variant forms (yu), (yu), or (yu).