Characters › 斗
4 strokes · radical 斗 (dipper) · traditional 鬥
10 strokes · simplified 斗
A way to remember it
A long-handled ladle for measuring grain. It is the scoop in 斗 the dry measure, and the character doubles as the verb to fight, read dòu.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
to fight; to struggle
dòu — to fight; to struggle
Radical 斗 (dipper) · 4 strokes · traditional 鬥
10 strokes · simplified 斗
A way to remember itA long-handled ladle for measuring grain. It is the scoop in 斗 the dry measure, and the character doubles as the verb to fight, read dòu.