斗 (dǒu) is Kangxi radical no. 68, “dipper”. In this form it is written with 4 strokes.
As a radical, 斗 (dǒu) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “dipper” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 4 to 13 strokes. None of them is in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 0 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 料 (liào) material.
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