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鬥 | 斗: to fight | peck

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鬥 [斗] dòu

radical 191
: to fight; to struggle
: to condemn; to censure; to contend
: to put together; coming together

斗 dǒu

radical 68
: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石
: decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object
: old variant of 陡; abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星

鬦 [斗] dòu

radical 68 | radical 191
: variant 鬥 | 鬭 dou4
: Japanese variant 鬥 | 鬪 dou4

Kun Reading

鬥構え | とうがまえ tougamae

radical 191
: kanji “fighting” radical

闘う OR 戦う | たたかう tatakau

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest

闘い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

闘わす | たたかわす tatakawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compete; to vie; to contend
2: to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against
3: to debate; to argue

斗 | ます masu

noun
: measuring container; measure
: box (seating at a theater, etc.)
: square on a grid; cell of a grid
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

斗 | とます tomasu

noun
: kanji radical 68 at right

On Reading

トウ tou

noun

斗 | と to


: (Obsolete term) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 liters)
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
: Chinese “Dipper” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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熱: hot; to warm; fervent

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熱 [热] rè

adjective
: hot (of weather); heat
: to warm up; to heat up
: fervent; zeal

Kun Reading

熱い | あつい atsui

adjective
: hot (thing)

熱す | ねす nesu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to get a fever

熱さ | あつさ atsusa

noun
: heat (of a thing)

熱め | あつめ atsume

no-adjective
: hot

熱れ | いきれ ikire

noun
: steamy, very warm temperature

熱り | ほてり hoteri

noun | no-adjective
: a glow; heat
: burning sensation; hot flash

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熱 | ねつ netsu

noun
: heat
: fever; temperature
: zeal; passion; enthusiasm
: mania; craze; rage

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陸: land | six

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陸 [陆] lù


: land; shore; continent

陸 [陆] liù

numeral
: six (banker’s anti-fraud numeral)

Kun Reading

陸 | おか oka

noun
: land; shore

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陸 | りく riku

noun
: land; shore

陸 | ろく roku

na-adjective
: good; satisfactory; worthy; decent

陸 | ろく roku

numeric
: six (used in legal documents)

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談: talk; conversation

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談 [谈] tán

verb
: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
: conversation

Kun Reading

談じる | だんじる danjiru

ichidan verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

談ずる | だんずる danzuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

語る | かたる kataru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to tell; to recite

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ダン dan

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據: according to; to occupy, seize

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據 [据] jù

preposition
: according to
: to act in accordance with
: to depend on
: to seize; to occupy

據 [据] jū

Kun Reading

拠る | よる yoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to be due to; to be caused by
: to depend on; to turn on
: to be based on; to come from

拠 | よりどころ yoridokoro

noun
: grounds; foundation; authority; support; something upon which to rely

On Reading

キョ kyo
コ ko

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變: change; rebel

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變 [变] biàn

adjective | verb
: to change; to become different; to transform; to vary
: rebellion

Kun Reading

変え | かえ kae

noun
: changing; change

変り | かわり kawari

noun
: change; alteration
: unusual state or event; accident; abnormality
: difference; distinction

変る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
: to move to
: to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

変える | かえる kaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform

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変 | へん hen

na-adjective | noun
: strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
: unexpected
: change
: incident; disturbance; disaster; accident
: (Noun prefix) flat (music)

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絲: silk; fine thread

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絲 [丝] sī

noun
: silk; thread
: trace
: a bit
: a unit of weight (0.0005 gram)

Historical Variant

糹[纟] sī

radical 120
: silk

Kun Reading

糸 | いと ito

noun | noun suffix
: thread; yarn; string

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糸 | し shi

noun
: thread
: one ten-thousandth; 0.001 percent (one-ten-thousandth of a wari)

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財: wealth

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財 [财] cái

noun
: ability; talent

Kun Reading

財 | たから takara

noun
: treasure

財 | わずか wazuka

na-adjective | adverb | noun
: only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

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財 | ざい zai

noun | noun suffix
: fortune; riches
: goods
: (Abbreviation) incorporated foundation

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歸: to return; revert

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歸 [归] guī

adjective | verb
: to return; to go back to, to revert
: to give back to
: (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
: to belong to
: to gather together
: (used between two identical verbs) despite
: to marry (of a woman) (old)
: division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Kun Reading

帰す | きす kisu

godan verb with su ending
: to come to (in the end); to end in
: to attribute; to blame

帰す | かえす kaesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

帰り | かえり kaeri

noun
: return; coming back

帰る | かえる kaeru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to return; to come home; to go home; to go back
: (of a guest, customer, etc.) to leave
: (of a baseball player rounding the bases) to get home

帰れ | かえれ kaere

noun
: Go home; Get out

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キ ki

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