Zi:斗

斗 [dǒu] 10 liters (​十​升); ​北斗​星 Big Dipper; ​烟斗 pipe [dòu] (F​鬥) ​战斗, ​争斗 fight/struggle/combat; ​殴斗 fist fight; 斗​智 battle of wits [zhǔ] ​枓 wooden spoon/ladle (​舀​水​的​木​勺)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):

►dau2 ​斗 b.f./char. ►ce1 dau2 車斗 ►daa2 gan1 dau2 打跟斗 ►daa2 gwaan1 dau2 打關斗 ►daa2 mou5 tau4 gan1 dau2 打冇頭跟斗

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►²dòu ​斗[​鬥/​鬦/​鬭/​鬪] {E} v. ①fight ②vie ③denounce ④purge ⑤make animals fight (as a game) ⑥〈environment:〉 topo. discuss; talk over; consult ⑦〈environment:〉 topo. fit together
►³dǒu ​斗 {C} n. ①sth. shaped like a cup/dipper ②whorl (of a fingerprint) ③〈environment:〉 astr. Big Dipper ◆m. (for grain, equal to one decaliter)

The simple-form character 斗 conflates two old characters, 斗 dǒu ‘dipper’, and ​鬥 dòu ‘fight’; among simple-form characters, 斗 is used for both 斗 dǒu ‘dipper’ and ​鬥 dòu ‘fight’.
    Note: Usage of 斗 as the simple form of ​鬥 is an abbrev. of the old forms ​閗/​鬦 dòu ‘fight’, in which 斗 dǒu (phonetic).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 斗(​􂠜​𤣫) dǒu ‘dipper/ladle’ (cf. ​枓 zhǔ ‘wooden spoon/ladle’) is said to depict a cup on a long curved handle; formerly wr. ​𣁬/​𠦁/​𠥼, writing the cup as ​匚(​􂎄​𠤬​) turned, or as ​十, abbrev. to ​ two dots in the modern form (wr. ​王 in ​𤣫), and the handle as a pair of crossed lines ​ (​㇉ at bottom of ​𤣫); formerly also wr. ​枓(​􁀢) zhǔ.
    Note: The old 斗 dǒu ‘wine/liquor vessel’ was also a unit of measure equal to 10 ​升(​􂠬​𦫵) shēng; the Seal form of ​升(​􂠬​𦫵​斘) modifies 斗(​􂠜​𤣫) dǒu, adding a curved line across the handle; but in old ​升 graphs the added line is wr. inside the cup (cf. ​斘/​升).
    “[斗] A measure of ​十 ten ​勺 ladles or ​升 pints; a peck; ​十​升​也。​勺​也。​有​柄。The ancient forms represent a ​勺 ladle and ​十 ten. The modern forms are mutilated” —Wieger.

    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​鬥(​􀠁) dòu ‘fight’ combines ​𩰋(​􀠀​𡴈​𠩀​𠨭) jú ‘clenched (left) fist’, and ​𩰊(​􀟸​𠃨​丮) jǐ ‘clenched (right) fist’, to depict a pair of fists (boxers/wrestlers) in hand-to-hand (fist-to-fist) combat/struggle (cf. ​殴斗 ōudòu ‘fist fight’).
    Older graphs (OBI) associated with ​鬥 seem to depict a pair of fighters/boxers, face-to-face, grappling/boxing with raised hands/fists; in such case the bodies of the fighters became the curved outer lines in the Seal forms such as ​𡴈(​􀠀) and ​𠃨(​􀟸), and within those components ​出/​(​􂄛​手) shǒu ‘hand’ remains from the older graphs; cf. ​剑.
    Note: Some old variants of ​鬥 add a phonetic component: ​閗/​鬦, ​闘/​鬪, ​𨷖/​鬭(​􀠂).
    Note: As a component ​鬥 (10 strokes) is sometimes abbrev. ​門 (8 strokes) in full-form characters, or ​门 (3 strokes) in simple-form characters.
    Compare: ​𫔯/​閗/​鬦; ​闹/​閙/​鬧; ​𬮢/​閧/​鬨.
    HDZ: 斗 : dǒu : (​古) ​酒​器; (​星​宿​名) 斗​宿 (ζτσφλμ Sagittarii, cf. ​南斗; ​北斗); ​量​器; (SW: ​十​升) (​量​词) ​十​升​为​一斗, ​十斗​为​一​石; ​形​如斗​状​的​器​物 (​墨斗, ​拖斗, ​烟斗); ​形​如斗​状​的​指​纹 (​由​多​数​环​形​线、​螺​形​线​组​成); (​建​筑) ​枓: ​拱​与​拱​间​垫​的​方​木; (​简​称) ​刁斗; ​微​小; ​陡: ​陡​峭; ​陡​然, ​突​然; (​姓) • zhǔ : ​枓: ​舀​水​的​木​勺 • dòu : (​简​体) ​鬥
►references: Guǎngyùn:325.42; Wieger:11i,98b; Karlgren:AD1014,1016,GSR116a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.2252.1; Lindqvist:39; Mathews:6472; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:477.24; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:010.0.10; Wáng(1993):21,122; EDOC:1
►components: ​​​​十
►Cantonese: dau/
Shuōwén: ​􂠜(​𤣫)
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