鬬 (dòu): (archaic) variant of 斗 (鬥), to…

Meanings

古书用这个繁复的异体字写战斗的斗。

Gǔ shū yòng zhège fánfù de yìtǐzì xiě zhàndòu de dòu.

Old texts write the word for fighting with this elaborate variant.

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.

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.

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鬬 dòu