鬭
dòu HSK7

woodwork, carpentry

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鬥

Phonosemantic compound. 鬥 represents the sound and 斲 represents the meaning.

Components

鬥
鬥 Sound component
斲
斲 SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuwHtˤok-s quarrel, wrangle

說文解字

《說文》：“鬭，遇也。从鬥，斲聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)