Radicals › #68 斗
斗
斗 — the “dipper” radical
a ladle/measure 3 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 斗 radical (3)
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.