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Kotomora

闘

fight, war

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes18

Readings

On'yomi

  • トウ

Kun'yomi

  • たたか.う
  • あらそ.う

Nanori

  • と

Meaning

闘 centers on armed conflict or struggle: fighting, war, or a contest of strength.

Most common words using 闘

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  • 戦闘せんとう
    N1

    battle; fight; combat

  • 格闘かくとう
    N1

    (hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; tussle

  • 闘争とうそう
    N1

    fight; battle; combat; conflict

  • 共闘きょうとう

    joint struggle; common (united) front

  • 決闘けっとう

    duel; shoot-out

  • 奮闘ふんとう
    N2

    strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard

  • 格闘技かくとうぎ

    one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art

  • 乱闘らんとう

    confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all

  • 闘士とうし

    fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer

  • 闘技とうぎ

    competition; contest

  • 健闘けんとう
    N1

    fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

  • 死闘しとう

    life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

  • 闘病とうびょう

    fighting against an illness

  • 激闘げきとう

    fierce fighting

  • 闘志とうし

    fighting spirit; (will to) fight

  • 武闘ぶとう

    armed struggle

  • 闘牛とうぎゅう

    bullfighting; bullfight

  • 悪戦苦闘あくせんくとう

    hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

  • 熱闘ねっとう

    fierce fighting

  • 苦闘くとう

    hard fight; difficult struggle

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Etymology

闘 is the modern simplified form of 鬪, which originally depicted two figures facing each other with weapons, conveying conflict. The modern form replaces the complex inner part with a simplified structure inside the gate radical 門, but the historical development is not fully transparent.

Meaning mnemonic

Inside the gate 門, imagine two warriors with beans 豆 and a measuring tool 寸 locked in a fierce fight. The gate frames the arena of battle.

Reading mnemonic

For トウ, picture a toe-to-toe fight inside the gate: toe -> トウ, and the combatants are locked in war.