18 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

fight, war

Kun'yomi
  • to make war (on) ②to compete (against) ③to struggle (against adversities, etc.)
  • あらそ
On'yomi
  • トウ
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

トウ 93.4%
たたか 6.6%

Character Breakdown

fight, war
トウ たたか.う あらそ.う (7th, N1)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
standing (something) up
シュ チュ ジュウ
drum, surname
シュ チュ たてる
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
beans, pea, midget
まめ トウ ズ (3rd, N1)
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)

Common Words

life or death struggle
fighting spirit
fighting bravely
fighter (aircraft)
(hand-to-hand) fight ②struggling (with a problem, task, etc.)
fierce fighting
kanji "fighting" radical
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References

Unicode hex code 95D8
JIS X 0208 1-38-14
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4973
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6418
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3334
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4136
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2102
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2847
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1629
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1757
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 654
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1056
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 45649P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1659
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1511
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1612
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1865
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1910
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 367
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1328
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1847
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1644
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8e10.2
Four corner code 7714.1
De Roo Code 3848