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Chinese symbol for “brawl”

斗殴
dòu ōu
Traditional: 鬥毆
to brawl; to scuffle

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brawl is 斗殴 (dòu ōu), defined as: to brawl; to scuffle.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

斗 dòu
to struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
radical 68 ⽃ · 4 strokes
殴 ōu
to hit, to beat, to fight with fists
radical 79 ⽎ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “brawl”

WordPinyinMeaning
开打 (開打)kāi dǎ(of a sports competition or match) to commence; (of a war or battle) to break out
殴斗 (毆鬥)ōu dòuto have a fist fight; fist fight

Related words

Other words that share a character with 斗殴.

WordPinyinMeaning
战斗 (戰鬥)zhàn dòuto fight; to engage in combat
斗争 (鬥爭)dòu zhēnga struggle; fight
奋斗 (奮鬥)fèn dòuto strive; to struggle
战斗机 (戰鬥機)zhàn dòu jīfighter (aircraft)
战斗力 (戰鬥力)zhàn dòu lìfighting strength
斗士 (鬥士)dòu shìwarrior; activist
殴打 (毆打)ōu dǎto beat up; to come to blows
围殴 (圍毆)wéi ōuto gang up and beat

See also: Japanese symbol for “brawl”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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