鬥

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/鬥

Related characters

 * (Note: Some derived characters of  鬥  have that have been simplified to contain . Example:  and )

Glyph origin
— two figures face-to-face, fighting with bare hands. Some oracle script characters of show that both of their hair are bristled. The character shape resembles and  opposite each other.

and are original characters of this form; forms with the similar-looking radical  ("door") were non-standard variants.

Simplified form was derived via the variant form.

is also one of the 324 simplified characters introduced by the Republic of China (Kuomintang government) in 1935 as the simplified form of.

Etymology
Conflation of two roots "to fight" and "to meet", and the merger has been attested since ancient times.


 * "to fight"
 * Probably from, which is the source of 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.


 * "to meet"
 * considers this cognate with ; see there for more.

Definitions

 * 1) to fight; to struggle
 * 2) to make animals fight
 * 3) to contend; to compete with
 * 4) to strive one's best
 * 5)  (of stars) to collide with each other
 * 6) chaotic; disorderly, helter-skelter
 * 7) to take the opportunity to ...; to do something while it's ...
 * 8) to meet; to encounter; to face
 * 9) to face; to confront; to front; to be opposite
 * 10) to piece together; to fit together
 * 11)  to help; to assist
 * 12)  very, quite
 * 13)  to collude, to plot
 * 14) fine tea; tea of the best quality
 * 15)  bird nest
 * 1) to make animals fight
 * 2) to contend; to compete with
 * 3) to strive one's best
 * 4)  (of stars) to collide with each other
 * 5) chaotic; disorderly, helter-skelter
 * 6) to take the opportunity to ...; to do something while it's ...
 * 7) to meet; to encounter; to face
 * 8) to face; to confront; to front; to be opposite
 * 9) to piece together; to fit together
 * 10)  to help; to assist
 * 11)  very, quite
 * 12)  to collude, to plot
 * 13) fine tea; tea of the best quality
 * 14)  bird nest
 * 1) to face; to confront; to front; to be opposite
 * 2) to piece together; to fit together
 * 3)  to help; to assist
 * 4)  very, quite
 * 5)  to collude, to plot
 * 6) fine tea; tea of the best quality
 * 7)  bird nest
 * 1) fine tea; tea of the best quality
 * 2)  bird nest

Kanji

 * 1) to fight

Readings
As a variant/kyūjitai kanji of :

Usage notes
As a radical, it is referred to as, , or.