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    3. 斗

    斗

    斗ト

    Big Dipper

    N1KMT9Freq #1885Core ConceptsKanji4 strokes

    On'yomi

    トトウ

    Nanori

    ます

    Big Dipperten sho (vol)sake dipperdots and cross radical (no. 68)

    丶

    丶
    斗

    Stroke 0 / 4

    Speed1.0x

    斡斜料斛斟抖科魁斡斜料斛

    Concepts using this kanji

    斗

    to

    五斗米

    small salary

    一斗

    1 "to" (unit of volume, approx. 18 litres)

    五斗米道

    Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)

    北斗

    the Big Dipper (asterism)

    北斗七星

    the Big Dipper (asterism)

    泰山北斗

    great authority

    南斗六星

    Milk Dipper

    五斗味噌

    goto miso (miso from the Kamakura era)

    北斗星

    the Big Dipper (asterism)

    冬北斗

    the Big Dipper seen on a winter night

    斗南

    the whole world

    南斗

    Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

    光熱斗

    Lan Hikari

    冷汗三斗

    breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared

    修斗

    shooto

    斗宿

    Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

    斗酒なお辞せず

    being ready to drink sake by the keg

    斗掻き

    strickle (rod used to sweep excess grain from the brim of a measure)

    星斗

    star

    北斗の拳

    Fist of the North Star (manga series and media franchise; written by Buronson and illustrated by Hara Tetsuo)

    分液漏斗

    separatory funnel

    一斗枡

    18-litre measuring container

    斗酒

    kegs of sake

    筋斗雲

    Flying Nimbus (magical cloud appearing in the Dragonball manga)

    泰斗

    great authority

    翻筋斗

    somersault

    漏斗胸

    funnel chest

    熨斗目

    variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads

    斗きょう

    piece of wood supporting deeply receded eaves, esp. in temple construction

    漏斗

    funnel

    ブフナー漏斗

    Buchner funnel

    1斗缶

    eighteen litre drum

    漏斗雲

    funnel cloud

    長熨斗

    stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)

    胆斗の如し

    being as bold as a lion

    火熨斗

    traditional ladle-shaped, charcoal-heated clothing iron

    殻斗

    cupule

    熨斗目穀蛾

    Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

    斗枡

    18-litre measuring container

    魂斗羅

    Contra (video game franchise)

    熨斗糸

    coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)

    熨斗

    noshi

    熨斗目斑螟蛾

    Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

    鮑熨斗

    dried stretched abalone flesh

    熨斗鮑

    thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)

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    • 丶
    • 斗

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    • 一斗
    • 五斗米
    • 斗
    • 斗酒
    • 分液漏斗
    • 北斗七星
    • 北斗星
    • 漏斗
    • 熨斗
    • 火熨斗
    • 星斗
    • 熨斗目
    • 泰斗
    • 胆斗の如し
    • 斗南
    • 南斗
    • 殻斗
    • 翻筋斗
    • 泰山北斗
    • 南斗六星
    • 冷汗三斗
    • 長熨斗
    • 斗枡
    • 一斗枡
    • 斗宿
    • 1斗缶
    • 五斗米道
    • 漏斗胸
    • ブフナー漏斗
    • 斗きょう
    • 熨斗鮑
    • 北斗
    • 熨斗糸
    • 鮑熨斗
    • 冬北斗
    • 五斗味噌
    • 熨斗目斑螟蛾
    • 熨斗目穀蛾
    • 修斗
    • 斗酒なお辞せず
    • 漏斗雲
    • 斗掻き
    • 筋斗雲
    • 北斗の拳
    • 光熱斗
    • 魂斗羅

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