頓

Translingual

Han character

頓 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山一月金 (PUMBC), four-corner 5178₆, composition ⿰屯頁)

Derived characters

• 噸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1401, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43381
• Dae Jaweon: page 1918, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4360, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9813

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1

“tired”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-t(u/i)l (“buttocks; heel; dull; blunt; rounded part”); cognate with Tibetan རྟུལ (rtul, “dull”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2014).

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Pronunciation 1

Definitions

頓

1. to pause

   停頓／停顿  ―  tíngdùn  ―  to pause

2. to arrange; to handle; to deal with

   安頓／安顿  ―  āndùn  ―  to arrange for; to get everything settled

3. to stamp the ground
4. (literary) to kowtow
5. Classifier for meals.

   一頓飯／一顿饭  ―  yī dùn fàn  ―  a meal

   三頓／三顿 [Hokkien]  ―  saⁿ-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  three meals of the day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)

6. Classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.

   真的想把他揍一頓。 [MSC, trad.]
   真的想把他揍一顿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhēnde xiǎng bǎ tā zòu yī dùn.

   I really want to give them a beating.

7. suddenly; abruptly; all of the sudden

   茅塞頓開／茅塞顿开  ―  máosàidùnkāi  ―  to be enlightened all of a sudden

8. tired; weary; fatigued; exhausted; strained

   困頓／困顿  ―  kùndùn  ―  exhausted

9. (Southern Min) meal

   暗頓／暗顿 [Hokkien]  ―  àm-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  dinner

10. (Southern Min) to stamp; to affix (a seal)
11. (Hakka) to hit; to bump into with elbow
12. (Southern Min) to strike; to beat; to hit
13. (Southern Min) to fall on one's buttocks
14. (Southern Min) to place a heavy object on a flat platform
15. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have a trial of strength or skill; to have a contest; to compete with
16. a surname: Dun

Synonyms

• (to pause):

• (classifier for meals):

• (classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.):

• (suddenly):

• (tired):

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

頓

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) to place somewhere for a short period of time to produce some effect

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

頓

1. Only used in 冒頓／冒顿 (Mòdú).

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to kowtow
2. to rest, to stay, to abide
3. suddenly

Readings

• Go-on: とん (ton, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とん (ton, Jōyō)
• Kun: とみに (tomi ni, 頓に); ぬかずく (nukazuku, 頓ずく); つまずく (tsumazuku, 頓く)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

頓 • (don, dun) (hangeul 돈, 둔)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頓: Hán Nôm readings: đốn, đón, nhún, dún, đon, đún, lún, rón

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