鬥 (dau3 | dou4) : fight; contest

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鬥

dau3

dou4

[1] fight; tussle; combat
[2] contest/contend with; compete against
[3] make animals fight (as a game)
[4] come close together; piece together

1. 鬥 has uncommon variants in the form of 鬭 and 鬪.
2. 斗 is also a traditional character with different pronunciation and meanings.

Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: (#191)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鬥 / 斗

Don't confuse with:
門

This word has been viewed 12240 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Mar 2012 15:29

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爭鬥 zang1 dau3 = to fight; to battle

鬥爭 dau3 zang1 dou4 zheng1 = to struggle; to fight

戰鬥 zin3 dau3 zhan4 dou4 = fight; battle

鬥智 dau3 zi3 dou4 zhi4 = battle of wits

鬥雞眼 dau3 gai1 ngaan5 dou4 ji1 yan3 = cross-eye; cockeye

搏鬥 bok3 dau3 = to fight

鬥志 dau3 zi3 dou4 zhi4 = will to fight

奮鬥 fan5 dau3 fen4 dou4 = to struggle; to strive; to fight

鬥氣 dau3 hei3 = feel wronged and act rashly, for spite, out of rage

鬥士 dau3 si6 = fighter; gladiator
See all 64 compounds (CantoDict reports 65 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 鬥

坦克車係一架有履帶嘅戰鬥車粵
A tank is a war machine with caterpillar tracks.

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Decimal representation of this word: 鬥
Unicode code for this character: U+9b25 (off-site link)

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