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斗 kanji
Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper, dots and cross radical (no. 68)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Secondary school
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トトウ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 斗
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —漏斗葉infundibular leaf
- —筋斗雲Flying Nimbus (magical cloud appearing in the Dragonball manga)
- —光熱斗Lan Hikari
- —分液漏斗separatory funnel; separating funnel
- —北斗七星the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
- —泰山北斗great authority; eminent person; luminary; Mount Tai and the Big Dipper
- —南斗六星Milk Dipper; southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius
- —冷汗三斗breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared
- —五斗米道Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
- —斗きょうpiece of wood supporting deeply receded eaves, esp. in temple construction
- —五斗味噌goto miso (miso from the Kamakura era)
- —北斗の拳Fist of the North Star (manga series and media franchise; written by Buronson and illustrated by Hara Tetsuo)
- —胆斗の如しbeing as bold as a lion
- —ブフナー漏斗Buchner funnel
- —斗酒なお辞せずbeing ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish
- —不斗suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
- —斗形square (shape); square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); rectangular space between the inner and outer gates of a castle (where troops can gather)
- —科斗tadpole; ancient seal-script character
- —斗掻strickle (rod used to sweep excess grain from the brim of a measure)
- —斗搔strickle (rod used to sweep excess grain from the brim of a measure)
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