闘
- Kanji
- 闘
- Level
- N1
- Meaning
- fight, struggle
- On'yomi
- トウ
- Kun'yomi
- たたか.う
- Strokes
- 18
- Common compounds
闘争 (とうそう) struggle, conflict 闘志 (とうし) fighting spirit 格闘技 (かくとうぎ) martial arts
- Memory hook
Two people (門) are fighting inside a gate, with spears (戈) or weapons involved. The kanji has the 'gate' (門) radical and the 'spear' (戈) component.