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闘 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「門」

道
4Junior high level ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「門」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
たたか(う)・あらそ(う)tataka(u) · araso(u)
Meaning
fight; struggle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A gate shape with 斗 "to fight": to face off and fight — to struggle.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō闘争とうそう闘志とうし戦闘せんとう
Kunたたかうtatakau闘うたたかう闘いたたかい

Compare: 戦う

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 戦闘せんとう

    combat

  • 闘志とうし

    fighting spirit

More words with this kanji

  • 敢闘かんとう
  • 挌闘かくとう
  • 格闘かくとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

最後(さいご)まで闘(たたか)う気持(きも)ちを見(み)せた。

He showed the will to fight to the end.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

闘志戦闘闘志will戦war門gate閂the ba…閃to fla…閉to clo…閊to be…到reach逃escape透transp…倒fall…唐T'ang…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 門Map of reading トウAll maps

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