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U 9813, 頓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9813

[U 9812]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U 9814]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

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“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

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Note:
  • tùn - literary;
  • tǹg/tùiⁿ - vernacular (“to stamp the ground (Mainland China); classifier for meals; meal; to stamp; to strike; to fall on one's buttocks; to place a heavy object on a flat platform; to have a trial of strength”).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /tuən⁵¹/
Harbin /tuən⁵³/
Tianjin /tuən⁵³/
Jinan /tuẽ²¹/
Qingdao /tuə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tuən³¹²/
Xi'an /tuẽ⁴⁴/
Xining /tuə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /tuŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /tũn¹³/
Ürümqi /tuŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /tən³⁵/
Chengdu /tən¹³/
Guiyang /ten²¹³/
Kunming /tuə̃²¹²/
Nanjing /tun⁴⁴/
Hefei /tən⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /tuəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /tuŋ¹³/
Hohhot /tũŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /təŋ³⁵/
Suzhou /tən⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /ten⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /taŋ⁴²/
Hui Shexian /tʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /tuːə⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /tən⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /tən⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /tɨn⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /tun³¹/
Taoyuan /tun³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tøn²²/
Nanning /tɐn²²/
Hong Kong /tøn²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tun²¹/
/tŋ̍²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /touŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tuŋ³⁵/
/tɯŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdun³⁵/
/ʔdun⁵⁵/
/ʔdui³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter twonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tuənH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tuonH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/twənH/
Li
Rong
/tuənH/
Wang
Li
/tuənH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
deon3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12541
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuːns/
Definitions
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  1. to strike downwards to a surface:
    1. (literary) to kowtow
        ―  dùnshǒu  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. to stamp the ground
      捶胸捶胸  ―  chuíxiōngdùn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    3. (Southern Min) to fall on one's buttocks
    4. (Southern Min) to stamp; to affix (a seal)
  2. to settle; to halt:
    1. (Southern Min) to place a heavy object on a flat platform
    2. to arrange; to settle
        ―  āndùn  ―  to settle
        ―  zhěngdùn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    3. to pause
        ―  tíngdùn  ―  to pause
  3. Other verb uses:
    1. to pull
    2. (Hakka) to hit; to bump into with elbow
    3. (Southern Min) to strike; to beat; to hit
    4. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have a trial of strength or skill; to have a contest; to compete with
  4. Classifier for meals.
      ―  dùn fàn  ―  a meal
    [Hokkien]  ―  saⁿ-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  three meals of the day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
  5. (Southern Min) meal
    [Hokkien]  ―  àm-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  dinner
  6. Classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.
    真的 [MSC, trad.]
    真的 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhēnde xiǎng bǎ tā zòu yī dùn. [Pinyin]
    I really want to give them a beating.
  7. suddenly; abruptly; all of the sudden
    茅塞茅塞  ―  máosèdùnkāi  ―  to be enlightened all of a sudden
  8. tired; weary; fatigued; exhausted; strained
      ―  láodùn  ―  weary; weariness
  9. Used in transcription.
    巴斯巴斯  ―  Dùnbāsī  ―  Donbas
    帕丁帕丁  ―  Pàdīngdùn  ―  Paddington
      ―  dùn  ―  Eton
    萊辛大道莱辛大道  ―  Láixīndùn dàdào  ―  Lexington Avenue
    [Cantonese]  ―  gaa1 deon6 [Jyutping]  ―  Garden (Hong Kong bakery)
  10. a surname: Dun
Synonyms
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  • (to pause):
  • (classifier for meals):
  • (classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.):
  • (suddenly):
  • (tired):
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2

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

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Used in 冒頓冒顿 (Mòdú).

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

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

Readings

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Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(don, dun) (hangeul , )

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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

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