漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
闘: fight, war
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
門 and 寸 carry the meaning · 豆 gives the sound
18 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 戦闘せんとう
- 闘争とうそう
- 春闘しゅんとうspring labor offensive
- 共闘きょうとうjoint struggle; common (united) front
- 健闘けんとうfighting bravely; strenuous efforts
- 闘志とうし
- 闘病とうびょうfighting against an illness
たたかうtatakau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 闘うたたかうto make war (on); to wage war (against)
Also read あらそう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine the grand entrance to a temple or a fortress! Two heavy wooden doors stand ready to swing wide.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
闘 takes the 豆 family's reading, トウ (tou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side闘 fight · 門 + 豆
vs樹 timber · 木 + 壴In ChineseSimplified 斗 · traditional 鬭 · dòu, dǒu
Three different forms: Japanese 闘, simplified 斗, traditional 鬭.
- Simplified
- 斗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鬭 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dòu, dǒu most common readings
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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