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dòu

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dòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dòu | dou4
English translation
to struggle, to fight; woodwork, carpentry

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About dòu

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Number of strokes

24

Traditional form

dòu

Contains the radical

dòu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To fight  dòu with an axe  zhuó dòu also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of dòu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

鬥斲

Explanation

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

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Words with dòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
战斗 zhàndòu to fight戰鬥
斗争 dòuzhēng fight鬥爭
Dǒu to fight dòu
奋斗 fèndòu to strive奮鬥
战斗机 zhàn dòu jī fighter (aircraft)戰鬥機
打斗 dǎ dòu to fight打鬥
决斗 jué dòu to duel決鬥
搏斗 bódòu to wrestle搏鬥
格斗 gé dòu to wrestle格鬥
斗牛 Dǒu Niú Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)斗牛 Dǒu Niú
争斗 zhēng dòu war爭鬥
斗士 dòu shì warrior鬥士
阶级斗争 jiē jí dòu zhēng the class struggle階級鬥爭
斗志 dòu zhì will to fight鬥志
战斗力 zhàn dòu lì fighting strength戰鬥力
斗篷 dǒu peng cloak斗篷 dǒu peng
艰苦奋斗 jiān kǔ fèn dòu to struggle arduously艱苦奮鬥
斗殴 dòu ōu to fight鬥毆
烟斗 yān dǒu (smoking) pipe煙斗
北斗 Běi dǒu Great Bear北斗 Běi dǒu
斗鸡 dòu jī cock fighting鬥雞
漏斗 lòu dǒu funnel漏斗 lòu dǒu
好斗 hào dòu to be warlike好鬥
熨斗 yùn dǒu clothes iron熨斗 yùn dǒu
斗嘴 dòu zuǐ to quarrel鬥嘴

dòu Decomposition & Compounds

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