逗(dòu)

HSK 7-910 strokes

to tease (playfully)

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Character information

Pinyin
dòu
Meaning
to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读)
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 逗 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿺辶豆

In this compound, the meaning comes from 辶 (walk); 豆 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

辶chuò豆dòu

Parts are arranged enclosing from the lower left.

How to write 逗 step by step

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

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Words with 逗

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

jù句dòu逗

punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were u…

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yǐn引dòu逗

to tantalize; to lead on; to tease

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tiǎo挑dòu逗

to provoke; to entice; to lure; to tantalize; to tease; to titillate

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tiǎo挑dòu逗xìng性

provocative

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xiù秀dòu逗

to short-circuit

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dòu逗lè乐

to amuse oneself

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dòu逗bǐ比

(slang) silly but amusing person

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dòu逗liú留

to stay for a while; to sojourn

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From 逗’s common words

句引挑性秀乐比留

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