闘 – fight, war

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#751 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 闘 means fight, war. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たたか.う、あらそ.う (tatakau, arasou). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 門 (no. 169).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	たたか.う	tatakau
Kun’yomi	あらそ.う	arasou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 門 (Kangxi radical 169). Components: 口・寸・豆・并・門.

Words using 闘

戦闘せんとうbattle奮闘ふんとうstrenuous effort

Example sentences

軍隊は戦闘の配置で整列していた。

The troops were in battle array.

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人々は貧困に向かって奮闘した。

People struggled against poverty.

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Kanji with the same radical

間開関閣門閉閲闇

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