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Kanji Detail for 闘 - "to fight, conflict"

闘

  • Meaning

    闘 means "to fight, conflict." Also associated with to compete.

    1. To fight - To engage in battle; to exchange blows.

    2. To compete - To vie for superiority.

    3. Conflict - Battle; quarrel.

  • Words using 闘

    • 戦闘 せんとう Listen battle; fight; combat
    • 闘争 とうそう Listen fight; battle; combat
    • 春闘 しゅんとう Listen spring labor offensive; annual spring wage bargaining round
    • 健闘 けんとう Listen fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
    • 共闘 きょうとう Listen joint struggle; common (united) front
    • 闘志 とうし Listen fighting spirit; (will to) fight
    • 闘病 とうびょう Listen fighting against an illness
    • 敢闘 かんとう Listen fighting bravely

  • Four-character idioms with 闘

    • 孤軍奮闘 こぐんふんとう Listen fighting alone
    • 悪戦苦闘 あくせんくとう Listen hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
    • 力戦奮闘 りきせんふんとう Listen fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts
    • 奮闘努力 ふんとうどりょく Listen try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts

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    • Verified meaning: to fight, conflict
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とう)
    • Also carries these associations: to compete

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 闘

    Surnames 闘(とう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fight; war

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    struggle, fight, compete, contend

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 鬥|斗

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    araso.u(あらそ-う) あらそ-う

    tataka.u(たたか-う) たたか-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    18 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)

  • Related Keywords

    fight compete conflict battle struggle combat war clash confrontation quarrel rivalry brawl skirmish contest martial

Sentences including 闘

  • I will battle with illness.

  • Tom fought.

  • Channel your fighting spirit!

  • He was wounded in the fight.

  • I will fight until the end.

  • Shinko is full of fight.

  • He is possessed of a strong fighting instinct.

  • He was wounded in the fight.

  • We will fight to the last.

  • He is fighting with his back against the wall.

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