Chinese symbol for “duel”
决斗
jué dòu
Traditional: 決鬥
to duel; a duel; decisive struggle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for duel is 决斗 (jué dòu), defined as: to duel; a duel; decisive struggle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “duel”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 决斗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 决议 (決議) | jué yì | a resolution; to pass a resolution |
| 坚决 (堅決) | jiān jué | firm; resolute; determined |
| 决策 (決策) | jué cè | strategic decision; decision-making |
| 判决 (判決) | pàn jué | judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on |
| 战斗 (戰鬥) | zhàn dòu | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
See also: Japanese symbol for “duel”.
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.