音読み: トウ
訓読み: たたかう
画数: 18
部首: もんがまえ（門）
Meaning
Fight / Battle
- Basic forms
- 闘う — fight; struggle / base form
- 闘います — fights; struggles / masu form
- 闘った — fought; struggled / ta form
- 闘って — fighting … / te form
- 闘わない — do not fight / negative
- 闘えば — if (one) fights / conditional
- Common expressions
- 最後まで闘う — fight to the end
- 病と闘う — fight an illness
- 自分と闘っている — struggle with oneself
- More
- 闘ってきた — have fought; have struggled / history
闘う（たたかう） is a godan intransitive verb. It is used for fighting in conflict or competition, and also for inner struggles such as fighting illness or fear.
- 闘う — to fight; to battle
- 闘争 — struggle; conflict
- 格闘 — hand-to-hand combat; martial arts
- 闘志 — fighting spirit; determination
- 闘病 — struggling with illness
- 戦闘 — battle; combat
The radical 門（もんがまえ）means “gate” — a frame or entrance. Inside the gate is the element 斗, which gives the sound and suggests struggle or measurement. Together, 闘 depicts people confronting each other — fighting or competing face to face.