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斗

Traditional: 鬥 · 鬦 · 鬪 · 鬭

dǒu

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

dǒu · dau2 (Jyutping)

  1. abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
  2. dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
  3. decaliter
  4. peck
  5. cup or dipper shaped object
  6. old variant of 陡[dou3]

dòu · dau3 (Jyutping)

  1. to fight
  2. to struggle
  3. to condemn
  4. to censure
  5. to contend
  6. to put together
  7. coming together
  8. variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
  9. variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

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Character breakdown

斗

Meaning
a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
Radical
斗
Strokes
4
Components
⿻十？
Cangjie
YJ
Four-corner
3400.0

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