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Chinese character

斗

dòu

to struggle, to fight, to contend

4 strokesRadical 斗No. 992Simplified

Meaning

Definitions are in English.
  • to struggle, to fight, to contend
  • measuring cup
  • abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
  • dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
  • decaliter

Pinyin

dòudǒu

Simplified / Traditional

斗→斗

Variant forms: 鬥

Variant forms

Components

Etymology hint · Ideographic

A hand holding a measuring dipper

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Stroke order

斗

Draw each stroke in order. The outline shows the target shape.

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