Chinese Character Wiki
斗

dǒu, dòu

ladle

Pictograph of a ladle or dipper. In simplified Chinese 斗 is also used to mean "fight, struggle", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 鬥.

Evolution

斗 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
斗 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
斗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
斗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
斗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斗  

Dǒu

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Běi​dǒu​xīng]

斗  

dǒu

dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[shēng] or one-tenth of a 石[dàn]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡[dǒu]

斗 (鬥) 

dòu

struggle, fight, compete, contend; to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together

斗 (鬦) 

dòu

variant of 鬭|斗[dòu]

斗 (鬪) 

dòu

variant of 鬥|斗[dòu]

Most common words with 斗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

战斗

to fight

斗争

fight

斗

to fight

奋斗

to strive

战斗机

fighter (aircraft)

Component uses

Meaning component in 8 characters (1 verified)

科 斜 魁 斟 斛 鈄 钭 戽

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

抖 蚪 鈄 钭 枓

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

料

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤoʔ

tuwX

dǒu

bushel; ladle

*toʔ

tsyuX

zhǔ

ladle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 38.7794% of movies

869th most common character in movies

580th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Traditional

鬥

Unicode

U+6597

Shuowen

“斗，十升也。象形，有柄。”


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