鬥
See also: 斗, 鬦, 鬪, 鬬, 鬭, 門, 閗, and 闘
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Translingual
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| Japanese | 闘 |
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| Simplified | 斗 |
| Traditional | 鬥/鬭 |
Han character
鬥 (Kangxi radical 191, 鬥+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中弓 (LN), four-corner 77114, composition ⿲𩰋王亅)
- Kangxi radical #191, ⾾.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/鬥
- 𫫅
Related characters
- 門 (Note: Some derived characters of 鬥 have alternative forms that have been simplified to contain 門. Example: 鬪 and 闘)
References
- KangXi: page 1457, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45632
- Dae Jaweon: page 1989, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4515, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9B25
Chinese
| trad. | 鬥/鬭 | |
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| simp. | 斗* | |
| alternative forms | 鬭／斗 鬬 鬪 鬦 闘 鬭／斗 鬬 鬪 鬦 闘 閗／𫔯 𨷖 𨷵 𨴜 𫔡 𨶜 𨷖 𨷵 𩰑 𩰒 𩰖 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 鬥 | ||
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| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (鬥) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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| 鬥 | *toːɡs |
| 鬭 | *toːɡs |
Pictogram (象形) — two figures face-to-face, fighting with bare hands. Some oracle script characters of 鬥 show that both of their hair are bristled. The character shape resembles 𠨭 and 丮 opposite each other.
鬥 and 鬭 are original characters of this form; forms with the similar-looking radical 門 ("door") were non-standard variants.
Simplified form 斗 was derived via the variant form 鬦.
鬥 is also one of the 324 simplified characters introduced by the Republic of China (Kuomintang government) in 1935 as the simplified form of 鬭.
Etymology
Conflation of two roots "to fight" and "to meet", and the merger has been attested since ancient times.
- "to fight"
- Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *daw (“to defy, interfere, be at enmity with”), which is the source of Tibetan སྡོ (sdo, “to bear up against, bid defiance”) and Burmese တော့ (tau., “to resent an insinuation, interfere in a quarrel”).
- "to meet"
- Schuessler (2007) considers this cognate with 注 (OC *tjos, “to apply; to be touched; to bring together; to join”); see there for more.
Pronunciation
Definitions
鬥
- to fight; to struggle
- 爭鬥／争斗 ― zhēngdòu ― to fight
- 戰鬥／战斗 ― zhàndòu ― battle
- 械鬥／械斗 ― xièdòu ― to fight with weapons
- 拳鬥／拳斗 ― quándòu ― fist fight
- 格鬥／格斗 ― gédòu ― grapple
- 搏鬥／搏斗 ― bódòu ― to wrestle
- 明爭暗鬥／明争暗斗 ― míngzhēng'àndòu ― both open strife and veiled struggle
- 龍爭虎鬥／龙争虎斗 ― lóngzhēnghǔdòu ― fierce struggle between two evenly-matched opponents
- 角鬥／角斗 ― jiǎodòu ― to battle
- 鬥士／斗士 ― dòushì ― warrior
- 鬥志／斗志 ― dòuzhì ― morale
- 鬥毆／斗殴 ― dòu'ōu ― to brawl
- 鬥氣／斗气 ― dòuqì ― to quarrel just to vent one's spleen
- 鬥艦／斗舰 ― dòujiàn ― man-of-war
- to make animals fight
- 鬥雞／斗鸡 ― dòujī ― cockfighting
- 鬥牛／斗牛 ― dòuniú ― bull-fight
- to contend; to compete with
- 鬥爭／斗争 ― dòuzhēng ― conflict
- 鬥嘴／斗嘴 ― dòuzuǐ ― to squabble
- 鬥智／斗智 ― dòuzhì ― contest of wits
- 批鬥／批斗 ― pīdòu ― to criticize and denounce a person
- to strive one's best
- 奮鬥／奋斗 ― fèndòu ― to work at one's utmost
- (archaic) (of stars) to collide with each other
- chaotic; disorderly, helter-skelter
- to take the opportunity to ...; to do something while it's ...
- to meet; to encounter; to face
- to face; to confront; to front; to be opposite
- to piece together; to fit together
- 鬥電腦／斗电脑 [Cantonese] ― dau3 din6 nou5 [Jyutping] ― to assemble a computer
- 鬥木佬／斗木佬 [Cantonese] ― dau3 muk6 lou2 [Jyutping] ― woodworker
- (dialectal) to help; to assist
- (dialectal) very, quite
- (dialectal) to collude, to plot
- fine tea; tea of the best quality
- (dialectal) bird nest
- Alternative form of 逗 (dòu, “to tease, to play with”).
- Alternative form of 兜 (dōu, “to solicit (customers or business)”).
- Alternative form of 陡 (dǒu, “suddenly, in a sudden”).
- a surname
Compounds
Derived terms from 鬥
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References
- “鬥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04678
Japanese
Kanji
鬥
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- to fight
Readings
As a variant/kyūjitai kanji of 闘:
- Go-on: つ (tsu)
- Kan-on: とう (tō)
- Kun: たたかう (tatakau, 鬥う)←たたかふ (tatakafu, historical); あらそう (arasou, 鬥う)←あらそふ (arasofu, historical)
As a radical:
- Kun: たたかいがまえ (tatakaigamae, 鬥)←たたかひがまへ (tatakafigamafe, historical); とうがまえ (tōgamae, 鬥)←とうがまへ (tougamafe, historical)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 鬥 |
| たたかいがまえ Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 鬥 |
| とうがまえ Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
Noun
鬥 or 鬥 • (tatakaigamae or tōgamae)
- the kanji radical 鬥
Korean
Hanja
鬥 (eumhun 싸울 투 (ssaul tu))
- Alternative form of 鬪 (鬪, “Hanja form? of 투 (“fight”).”)
Vietnamese
Han character
鬥: Hán Nôm readings: đấu, dấu
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