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竇

Simplified: 窦

dòu ㄉㄡˋ

    • hole aperture

      literary

    • cavity sinus

      anatomy

    • surname Dou

Other words read dòu

In the same tone

  • 鬥 dòu fight
  • 讀 dòu comma
  • 荳 dòu legume
  • 逗 dòu tease
  • 痘 dòu pimple

All 8 words read dòu

dou with other tones

  • 都 dōu all
  • 抖 dǒu tremble
  • 兜 dōu pocket
  • 陡 dǒu steep
  • 篼 dōu bamboo, rattan or wicker basket

All 16 words read dou in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 竇

    部首 radical
    穴
    笔画 strokes
    20, with 15 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    穴賣
    Practise writing 竇

    Trace 竇, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Words with 竇

    Starting with 竇

    Ending with 竇

    • 疑竇 yídòu doubts
    • 利瑪竇 lìmǎdòu Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
    • 鼻竇 bídòu paranasal sinus
    • 蝶竇 diédòu sphenoidal sinus
    • 鼻旁竇 bípángdòu paranasal sinus

    All 13 words ending with 竇

    Containing 竇

    • 鼻竇炎 bídòuyán sinusitis
    • 情竇初開 qíngdòuchūkāi first awakening of love (usually of a girl)
    • 狗竇大開 gǒudòudàkāi dog hole wide open
    • 瑪竇福音 mǎdòufúyīn Gospel according to St Matthew
    • 馮竇伯 féngdòubó Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition

    Sources