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屯
屯
See also: 屰
Translingual
Han character
屯 (radical 45 屮+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心山 (PU), four-corner 50717)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 304, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7828
- Dae Jaweon: page 603, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 13, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5C6F
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 屯
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 躉 | *tuːnʔ |
| 窀 | *rduːn, *duːn, *tun |
| 沌 | *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 盹 | *tuːnʔ, *tjuns |
| 頓 | *tuːns |
| 扽 | *tuːns |
| 黗 | *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 吨 | *tʰuːnʔ |
| 屯 | *duːn, *tun |
| 飩 | *duːn |
| 豘 | *duːn |
| 軘 | *duːn |
| 坉 | *duːn |
| 邨 | *duːn, *stʰuːn |
| 忳 | *duːn |
| 芚 | *duːn |
| 庉 | *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 囤 | *duːnʔ |
| 迍 | *tun |
| 杶 | *tʰun |
| 瑃 | *tʰun |
| 椿 | *tʰun |
| 偆 | *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ |
| 肫 | *tjun |
| 訰 | *tjun, *tjuns |
| 純 | *tjunʔ, *djun |
| 春 | *tʰjun |
| 蠢 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 踳 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 惷 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 蒓 | *djun |
| 賰 | *hljunʔ |
| 鬊 | *hljuns |
Etymology 1
|
simp. and trad. |
屯 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: t'un2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twen
- IPA (key): /tʰu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: tyun4
- Yale: tyùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tyn4
- IPA (key): /tʰyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūn
- Tâi-lô: tūn
- Phofsit Daibuun: dun
- IPA (Xiamen): /tun²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tun⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tun²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /tun³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tun³³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 屯 | 屯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 陟綸切 | 徒渾切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʈiuɪn/ | /duən/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈʷin/ | /duon/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȶjuen/ | /duən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈwin/ | /dwən/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȶiuĕn/ | /duən/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȶĭuĕn/ | /duən/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȶi̯uĕn/ | /dʱuən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhūn | tún |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 屯 | 屯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
tún | zhūn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dwon › | ‹ trwin › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[d]ˤun/ | /*trun/ |
| English | accumulate | difficult |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 屯 | 屯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12546 | 12562 |
| Phonetic component |
屯 | 屯 |
| Rime group |
文 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
屯 | 屯 |
| Old Chinese |
/*duːn/ | /*tun/ |
| Notes | 甲金文象屮初生葉芽，爲春初文，卜辭即有以今屯表今春者 | |
Definitions
屯
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Etymology 2
|
simp. and trad. |
屯 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣ
- Wade-Giles: chun1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juen
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zeon1
- Yale: jēun
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen1
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕɵn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tun
- Tâi-lô: tun
- Phofsit Daibuun: dwn
- IPA (Xiamen): /tun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tun³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Definitions
屯
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Etymology 3
|
simp. and trad. |
屯 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'un2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwen
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: seon4
- Yale: sèuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen4
- IPA (key): /sɵn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Definitions
屯
- Only used in 屯留 (Chúnliú).
Compounds
References
- “Query for 屯”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
屯
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Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From English ton, tonne. The kanji is an example of ateji.
Noun
屯 (katakana トン, hiragana とん, romaji ton)
Usage notes
Most usually spelled in katakana, as トン.