fight

dòu (dou4)

Radical no. 191 · 10 strokes (191 部首 · 10 191 bùshǒu · 10 huà)

Radical ⾾ (dòu) — meaning: fight, 10 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

The radical 鬥 originated as a pictograph depicting two people wielding weapons (such as arrows or clubs) in a confrontational stance, visually representing combat or conflict.

Mnemonic: Two diagonal strokes evoke two crossed weapons or arrows—a visual reminder of two fighters clashing in combat.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

5 characters
  • nào

    noisy

    HSK 4

    15 strokes

  • to argue

    18 strokes

  • kàn

    variant of 闞|阚[kan4]

    21 strokes

  • dòu

    variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

    25 strokes

  • jiū

    lots (to be drawn)

    27 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.