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Translingual
Alternative forms
- Note that, in Korean and Japanese scripts, the first stroke is written in a slope from right to left (as seen in the Kangxi dictionary) instead of horizontally from left to right as in Chinese scripts.
Han character
屯 (Kangxi radical 45, 屮+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心山 (PU), four-corner 50717, composition ⿻一𡳾(GHTV) or ⿻七凵(GHTV) or ⿻丿𡳾(JK))
Derived characters
- 窀, 沌, 盹, 頓, 扽, 黗, 吨, 飩, 豘, 軘, 坉, 邨, 忳, 芚, 庉, 囤, 迍, 杶, 肫, 訰, 純, 蒓, 𧿬
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 304, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7828
- Dae Jaweon: page 603, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 13, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5C6F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 躉
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*tuːnʔ
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| 窀
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*rduːn, *duːn, *tun
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| 沌
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*donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
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| 盹
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*tuːnʔ, *tjuns
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| 頓
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*tuːns
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| 扽
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*tuːns
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| 黗
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*tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
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| 吨
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*tʰuːnʔ
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| 屯
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*duːn, *tun
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| 飩
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*duːn
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| 豘
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*duːn
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| 軘
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*duːn
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| 坉
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*duːn
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| 邨
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*duːn, *stʰuːn
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| 忳
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*duːn
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| 芚
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*duːn
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| 庉
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*duːn, *duːnʔ
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| 囤
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*duːnʔ
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| 迍
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*tun
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| 杶
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*tʰun
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| 瑃
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*tʰun
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| 椿
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*tʰun
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| 偆
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*tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
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| 肫
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*tjun
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| 訰
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*tjun, *tjuns
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| 純
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*tjunʔ, *djun
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| 春
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*tʰjun
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| 蠢
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*tʰjunʔ
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| 踳
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*tʰjunʔ
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| 惷
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*tʰjunʔ
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| 蒓
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*djun
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| 賰
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*hljunʔ
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| 鬊
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*hljuns
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Etymology 1
- hill
- Schuessler (2007) proposes an Austroasiatic origin. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *du(ə)l (“hill”), whence Old Khmer duuɘl (“knoll, hillock, mount”) (> Khmer ទួល (tuəl)), Proto-Vietic *dol (> Vietnamese đồi & Muong tồl), Old Mon dal (“hill”) (> Mon ဒဵု (tɜ̀)), Western Katu dɔːl ("back of mountain"), Minriq tol ("mountain"). Possible, though unclear connection with 堆 (OC *tuːl).
- village, hamlet
- (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “derived from sense 'hill'?”)
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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屯
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| Reading #
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tún
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dwon ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁun/
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| English
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accumulate
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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屯
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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12546
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Phonetic
component
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屯
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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屯
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Old
Chinese
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/*duːn/
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| Notes
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甲金文象屮初生葉芽，
爲春初文，卜辭即有以今屯表今春者
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Definitions
屯
- village; hamlet
- 皇姑屯 ― Huánggūtún ― Huanggutun (a place in Shenyang)
- (literary, or in compounds) military camp
- to store up; to accumulate
- (literary, or in compounds) to station (troops)
- 屯兵 ― túnbīng ― to station troops
- ䷂,third hexagram of the I Ching
- (obsolete) mound; hill
- (Hong Kong) Short for 屯門／屯门 (Túnmén, “Tuen Mun”).
Synonyms
- 堡子
- 塢／坞 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 屯落 (túnluò)
- 村塢／村坞 (cūnwù) (literary)
- 村子 (cūnzi)
- 村盤子／村盘子 ('cun1 pon2 zi) (Gan)
- 村莊／村庄 (cūnzhuāng)
- 村落 (cūnluò)
- 社里 (Hokkien)
- 聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 聚落 (jùluò)
- 莊／庄 (zhuāng)
- 莊仔／庄仔 (Hakka)
- 莊子／庄子
- 莊頭／庄头 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 農村／农村 (nóngcūn)
- 農莊／农庄 (nóngzhuāng)
- 鄉村／乡村 (xiāngcūn)
- 鄉莊／乡庄 (xiāngzhuāng)
- (to store up): 蓄積／蓄积 (xùjī)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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屯
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| Reading #
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhūn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ trwin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*trun/
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| English
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difficult
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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屯
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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12562
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Phonetic
component
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屯
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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屯
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Old
Chinese
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/*tun/
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Definitions
屯
- Used in 屯邅 (zhūnzhān).
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
屯
- Only used in 屯留 (Chúnliú).
Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 屯 – see 春 (“year”).
(This character is an ancient form of 春). |
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
屯
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- gathering, gathering place
- camp, barracks
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From English ton, tonne. The kanji is an example of ateji.
Noun
屯 or 屯 • (ton)
- tonne, metric ton
- (now uncommon) ton, Imperial ton
Usage notes
Most usually spelled in katakana, as トン.
Korean
Hanja
屯 (eumhun 어려울 준 (eoryeoul jun))
- Hanja form? of 준 (“challenging, difficult”).
屯 (eumhun 진칠 둔 (jinchil dun))
- Hanja form? of 둔 (“village, hamlet”).
- Hanja form? of 둔 (“camp”).
- Hanja form? of 둔 (“station (troops), quarter”).
Compounds
- 주둔 (駐屯, judun)
- 둔병 (屯兵, dunbyeong)
Vietnamese
Han character
屯: Hán Nôm readings: truân, chồn, đồn, dồn, nhún, sồn, thùn, dùn, đần, đốn, đún, giỡn, giùng, tòn
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