Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Fight (dòu) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 477, Entry 01 Pronounced dou. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Two warriors facing each other, weapons in the rear, symbolizing the shape of a struggle. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): All characters derived from the radical Fight now have a script form identical to the character for Gate (mén). The right side of the character is pronounced ji, the shape derived from the hand, signifying the hand holding an object; the left side is pronounced ju, the shape is reversed, signifying that holding an object is identical. Also, in Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), pronounced que. It means to struggle or fight.