Definitions
(noun)
bean; pea
(noun)
sacrificial vessel
Etymology
Pictograph of a stemmed bowl. Based on the original meaning "vessel with a neck". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
About
The character 豆 originated as a pictographic depiction of a stemmed ritual container used for food offerings, and its contemporary form retains this visual basis. Phonetic borrowing led to the character representing the word for bean, a meaning that eventually replaced its original sense as the vessel itself became obsolete. In modern usage, 豆 primarily refers to beans and pulses, and it serves as a semantic component in characters related to food, such as 豉 for fermented beans.
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我每天喝豆浆。
妈妈煮了红豆汤。
弟弟不喜欢吃豆腐。
我们把豆子放在锅里。
因为健康，我常吃豆芽。
她用豆沙做了甜点。
这些土豆是从农场买的。
研究表明，大豆富含蛋白质。