Read Edit View history Discussion 斗 dòudǒu HSK4 ladle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a ladle or dipper. In simplified Chinese 斗 is also used to mean "fight, struggle", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 鬥. Pinyin Separate values with commas dòu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 斗 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鬥 ×斗 × Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 斗 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 342, 725 ], [ 432, 678 ], [ 467, 638 ] ], [ [ 309, 549 ], [ 396, 501 ], [ 426, 464 ] ], [ [ 88, 335 ], [ 159, 315 ], [ 416, 359 ], [ 837, 405 ], [ 890, 394 ], [ 939, 374 ] ], [ [ 524, 838 ], [ 554, 830 ], [ 594, 794 ], [ 585, 579 ], [ 583, -68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 368 683 Q 402 659 438 630 Q 453 618 469 620 Q 481 621 485 636 Q 488 652 476 682 Q 463 715 359 732 Q 343 735 336 731 Q 332 727 334 713 Q 338 703 368 683 Z", "M 334 508 Q 365 484 400 456 Q 413 444 430 445 Q 440 446 445 460 Q 449 476 438 505 Q 426 535 326 556 Q 310 557 304 555 Q 300 551 301 538 Q 305 528 334 508 Z", "M 615 353 Q 762 371 917 358 Q 944 355 951 365 Q 958 381 945 393 Q 911 424 862 445 Q 846 452 817 442 Q 742 426 667 413 Q 639 410 615 406 L 555 399 Q 426 389 276 364 Q 203 352 91 349 Q 75 349 74 336 Q 74 323 95 307 Q 114 294 150 280 Q 162 276 182 285 Q 218 300 386 327 Q 465 342 555 347 L 615 353 Z", "M 555 347 Q 555 19 556 5 Q 556 -52 571 -76 Q 587 -92 597 -69 Q 615 -27 615 353 L 615 406 Q 616 623 623 723 Q 624 759 644 789 Q 651 808 629 825 Q 601 847 553 858 Q 531 864 517 848 Q 505 839 520 826 Q 551 799 554 761 Q 555 643 555 399 L 555 347 Z" ] } 4 strokes 斗 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 342, 725 ], [ 432, 678 ], [ 467, 638 ] ], [ [ 309, 549 ], [ 396, 501 ], [ 426, 464 ] ], [ [ 88, 335 ], [ 159, 315 ], [ 416, 359 ], [ 837, 405 ], [ 890, 394 ], [ 939, 374 ] ], [ [ 524, 838 ], [ 554, 830 ], [ 594, 794 ], [ 585, 579 ], [ 583, -68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 368 683 Q 402 659 438 630 Q 453 618 469 620 Q 481 621 485 636 Q 488 652 476 682 Q 463 715 359 732 Q 343 735 336 731 Q 332 727 334 713 Q 338 703 368 683 Z", "M 334 508 Q 365 484 400 456 Q 413 444 430 445 Q 440 446 445 460 Q 449 476 438 505 Q 426 535 326 556 Q 310 557 304 555 Q 300 551 301 538 Q 305 528 334 508 Z", "M 615 353 Q 762 371 917 358 Q 944 355 951 365 Q 958 381 945 393 Q 911 424 862 445 Q 846 452 817 442 Q 742 426 667 413 Q 639 410 615 406 L 555 399 Q 426 389 276 364 Q 203 352 91 349 Q 75 349 74 336 Q 74 323 95 307 Q 114 294 150 280 Q 162 276 182 285 Q 218 300 386 327 Q 465 342 555 347 L 615 353 Z", "M 555 347 Q 555 19 556 5 Q 556 -52 571 -76 Q 587 -92 597 -69 Q 615 -27 615 353 L 615 406 Q 616 623 623 723 Q 624 759 644 789 Q 651 808 629 825 Q 601 847 553 858 Q 531 864 517 848 Q 505 839 520 826 Q 551 799 554 761 Q 555 643 555 399 L 555 347 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.