斗

dòu

HSK 43 readings

Other characters with the syllable dou: see all 7 →

Meaning

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
decaliter

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peck
cup or dipper shaped object
to fight
to struggle
to condemn
to censure
to contend
to put together
coming together
old variant of 陡[dou3]
variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

Example

我得奋斗。

I have to fight.

From 奋斗 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

dǒuabbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星 / dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石 / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡
dòuto fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together / variant of 鬭|斗 / variant of 鬥|斗

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Words containing 斗

奋斗fèndòuto strive; to struggleHSK 4 战斗zhàndòuto fightHSK 4 斗争dòuzhēnga struggleHSK 6 搏斗bódòuto wrestle; to fight; to struggleHSK 7-9 斗志dòuzhìwill to fightHSK 7-9 泰斗tàidǒuabbr. for 泰山北斗[Tai4 shan1 Bei3 dou3]HSK 7-9 艰苦奋斗jiānkǔ-fèndòuto struggle arduouslyHSK 7-9

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