闘 Fight

Radical Combination

• 門

  Gate
• 豆

  Beans
• 寸

  Measurement

Meaning

Primary

Fight

Mnemonic

At this gate you're trying to get some beans through, but your measurements were off, leading to a big fight. The bean authorities at the gate always want to fight about bean sizes, and now you have to fight to get those beans through.

Hints

Imagine having to fight against the bean bureaucracy. It's so absurd! Who can say a bean is too big or too small, in this age of diversity?! Your fighting pays off though, and they let you squeeze your beans through the gate. Well fought, bean brethren. Well fought.

Readings

On’yomi

とう

Kun’yomi

たたか

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The gate you put up a fight at leads to とうきょう. The people of とうきょう need those beans for sustenance, and that's why you fight — for them!

Hints

How are you supposed to get your beans into とうきょう if a fight breaks out at the gate every time? What a struggle. Fortunately those bean-counting bureaucrats of とうきょう were no match for your fight.