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Chinese symbol for “dogfight”

空中格斗
kōng zhōng gé dòu
Traditional: 空中格鬥
dogfight (of planes)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dogfight is 空中格斗 (kōng zhōng gé dòu), defined as: dogfight (of planes).

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

空 kōng
hollow, empty, deserted, bare
radical 116 ⽳ · 8 strokes
中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
格 gé
form, pattern, standard
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes
斗 dòu
to struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
radical 68 ⽃ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dogfight”

WordPinyinMeaning
狗咬狗gǒu yǎo gǒudog-eat-dog; dogfight

Related words

Other words that share a character with 空中格斗.

WordPinyinMeaning
空间 (空間)kōng jiānspace; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
航空háng kōngaviation
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
天空tiān kōngsky
空中kōng zhōngin the sky; in the air
太空tài kōngouter space
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
价格 (價格)jià géprice
战斗 (戰鬥)zhàn dòuto fight; to engage in combat

See also: Japanese symbol for “dogfight”.

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.