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斗

斗 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “big dipper”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1261. It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword
big dipper
RTK frame
1261
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ト, トウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
the plough, measuring cup, большой медведь, ladle
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
斗 a dipper

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 斗

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