鬥 stroke order
Stroke by stroke
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Words with 鬥
- 奋斗 fèndòu to strive
- 斗争 dòuzhēng struggle
- 战斗 zhàndòu battle
- 搏斗 bódòu to fight
- 斗志 dòuzhì fighting spirit
- 泰斗 tàidǒu leading authority (in a field)
- 艰苦奋斗 jiānkǔ-fèndòu to work hard and struggle through hardship
- 才高八斗 cáigāo-bādǒu extremely talented
- 斗转星移 dǒuzhuǎn-xīngyí the passage of time
- 勾心斗角 gōuxīn-dòujiǎo to scheme against each other
How do you write 鬥?
鬥 (dòu) has 10 strokes. Watch them drawn in order, then trace it on the printable sheet.
What are the stroke order rules?
Top before bottom and left before right. Across before down (十), and left-falling before right-falling (人). Outside before inside, but close the box last (国). The middle before its two sides (小).
Why does stroke order matter?
Characters written in order look right, are faster to write, and are easier to remember. Handwriting input on a phone also reads strokes in their order.
Where do these strokes come from?
Make Me a Hanzi, drawn from Arphic’s fonts (Arphic Public License). Its order follows mainland China’s standard; Taiwan and Hong Kong write a few characters in another order.
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Strokes from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Meanings from our own dictionary.