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斗 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「斗」

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3Junior high level ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「斗」
On
ト・トウと・とう · to · tō
Kun
—
Meaning
dipper; measure

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From a measuring vessel — a measure; also used in the Big Dipper.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトとto斗酒としゅ北斗七星ほくとななせい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 北斗ほくと

    the Big Dipper

  • 漏斗ろうと

    funnel

More words with this kanji

  • 熨斗のし
  • 火熨斗ひのし
  • 斗筲としょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

北斗(ほくと)七(なな)星(せい)を空(そら)にさがした。

I looked for the Big Dipper in the sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

北斗漏斗斗北north漏leak料fee斜slanti…斛koku斟to lad…斡mediat…凍freeze陶potter…痘pox塗paint刀sword
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 斗Map of reading トAll maps

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