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斗
dǒu
1. dry measure for grain equal to ten [[升<shēng>]] or one-tenth of a [[石<dàn>]]
2. decaliter
3. peck
4. cup or dipper shaped object
5. old variant of [[陡<dǒu>]]
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

斗
dòu
to struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
HSK 5 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

车斗
chēdǒu
open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads
斗士
dòushì
a warrior
畚斗
běndǒu
dustpan
赌斗
dǔdòu
to fight
阿斗
Ādǒu
A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan [[劉禪|刘禅]] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
斗嘴
dòuzuǐ
to quarrel
烟斗
yāndǒu
(smoking) pipe
争斗
zhēngdòu
struggle
笆斗
bādǒu
round-bottomed basket
角斗
juédòu
to wrestle
星斗
xīngdǒu
stars
漏斗
lòudǒu
funnel
决斗
juédòu
to duel
泰斗
tàidǒu
leading scholar of his time
HSK 6
斗南
Dǒunán
Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county [[雲林縣|云林县<Yúnlínxiàn>]], Taiwan
斤斗
jīndǒu
variant of [[筋斗<jīndǒu>]]
斗篷
dǒupeng
cloak
烫斗
tàngdǒu
clothes iron
斗车
dǒuchē
hopper car
科斗
kēdǒu
tadpole

Alternate Entries

斗
Dǒu
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation [[北斗星<Běidǒuxīng>]]
斗
dòu
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
斗
dòu
variant of [[鬭|斗<dòu>]]
斗
dòu
variant of [[鬥|斗<dòu>]]
斗
dòu
variant of [[鬥|斗<dòu>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
579
Word Frequency Rank
826 of 84,292
Radical Number
68