窦(dòu)

13 strokesTrad. 竇

surname Dou

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Character information

Pinyin
dòu
Meaning
surname Dou
Strokes
13
HSK level
—
Traditional
竇

Origin & structure

Where 窦 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱穴卖

To buy someone off 卖; a nose-hole 穴

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

穴xué卖mài

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 竇: To buy someone off 賣; a nose-hole 穴

How to write 窦 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 窦

Common words using 窦 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qíng情dòu窦

(lit.) love aperture; (fig.) interest in love matters

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gǒu狗dòu窦

dog hole; gap caused by missing teeth; fig. den of thieves

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mǎ玛dòu窦

Matthew; St Matthew the evangelist; less common variant of 马太 …

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yí疑dòu窦

(literary) doubts

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bí鼻dòu窦

paranasal sinus

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lì利mǎ玛dòu窦

Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China

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bí鼻dòu窦yán炎

sinusitis

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qíng情dòu窦chū初kāi开

first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)

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Related characters

From 窦’s common words

情狗玛疑鼻利炎初

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