鬬 (dòu) · (archaic) variant of 斗 (鬥), to fight; to struggle

Meanings

1 (archaic) variant of 斗 (鬥), to fight; to struggle

Characters

鬬

dòu

variant of 斗, to fight

Examples

HSK 7-9

两只公鸡在院子里斗了起来。

Liǎng zhī gōngjī zài yuànzi lǐ dòu le qǐlai.

The two roosters started fighting in the yard.

Tips

history

An old elaborate variant, not used in modern Chinese. The standard character is 斗 (traditional 鬥), meaning to fight, as in 战斗 and 斗争.

register

Archaic only - found in old printed texts and variant-character tables, not in modern writing.

Components

radical

鬥 dòu

to fight (the fight radical)

The outer 鬥 is the fight radical - a picture of two warriors grappling - carrying the full meaning; modern Chinese simplified this whole frame to 斗.

phonetic

斲 zhuó

to chop; here phonetic

The inner element is the phonetic part of this expanded variant; it cues the reading dòu while the surrounding 鬥 carries the fighting meaning.

No stroke data for 鬬; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

鬬 dòu

Related Words

斗争 dòuzhēng HSK 6 #3,725

to struggle; to fight; to battle / struggle; conflict; fight

斗 dòu HSK 7-9 #2,761

to fight; to struggle / to contend; to compete / to condemn; to censure (esp. in political struggle sessions) / to put together; to come together

打仗 dǎzhàng HSK 6 #4,559

to fight a war; to go to battle / to have a fight

奋斗 fèndòu HSK 5 #5,191

to strive; to struggle / to fight for; to work hard

乘 shèng #2,691

(archaic) four-horse military chariot / (archaic) classifier for war-chariots; four / historical record; chronicle

抗争 kàngzhēng HSK 7-9 #7,005

to resist / to struggle against / to fight back

搏 bó #7,054

to fight; to wrestle / to struggle / to beat; to throb (of pulse)

搏斗 bódòu HSK 7-9 #7,987

to wrestle / to fight / to struggle

争斗 zhēngdòu #8,024

struggle; conflict; fight / strife; contention

打架 dǎjià HSK 6 #2,223

to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows