屯

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to station (soldiers); to store up; village

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Strokes: 4
Radical: 屮 +1
Structure: Overlaid 叠加
Traditional: 屯
Common rank: #1,837
Unicode: U+5C6F

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Formation & memory

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How 屯 is formed

Components 一屮

How to remember it

stockpile · Heisig RSH #2542

一 one + pit + fishhook — as a component also called: earthworm

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 屯

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大屯火山群	Dà tún Huǒ shān qún	Tatun Volcanic Group, volcanic area to the north of Taipei
屯特大学	Tún tè Dà xué	University of Twente
头屯河区	Tóu tún hé Qū	Toutunhe, a district of Ürümqi City 烏魯木齊市\|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
苏家屯区	Sū jiā tún Qū	Sujiatun, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市\|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning
西屯区	Xī tún Qū	Xitun District of Taichung, Taiwan
南屯区	Nán tún Qū	Nantun District of Taichung, Taiwan
三里屯	Sān lǐ tún	Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
头屯河	Tóu tún hé	see 頭屯河區\|头屯河区[Tou2 tun2 he2 Qu1]
北屯区	Běi tún Qū	Beitun District of Taichung, Taiwan
北屯市	Běi tún Shì	Beitun, city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區\|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
扎兰屯市	Zhā lán tún Shì	Zhalantun, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市\|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inne…
苏家屯	Sū jiā tún	see 蘇家屯區\|苏家屯区[Su1 jia1 tun2 Qu1]
屯留区	Tún liú Qū	Tunliu, a district of Changzhi City 長治市\|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4], Shanxi
屯昌县	Tún chāng Xiàn	Tunchang County, Hainan
屯子	tún zi	village
屯区	Tún qū	Tun District – area of Taichung (in Taiwan) between the coastal (western) part of the city…
屯溪区	Tún xī Qū	Tunxi, a district of Huangshan City 黃山市\|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4], Anhui
屯特	Tún tè	Twente (region in the Netherlands)
屯门	Tún mén	Tuen Mun district of New Territories, Hong Kong
积草屯粮	jī cǎo tún liáng	(idiom) to stockpile provisions in preparation for war

Sound family

These characters use 屯 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
屯 sound part	tún	village, hamlet; camp; station
顿	dùn	to pause; to bow; to arrange
纯	chún	pure, clean; simple, genuine
吨	dūn	a metric ton
钝	dùn	blunt, obtuse; dull, flat; dim-witted
炖	dùn	stew; to cook stew
囤	tún	grain basket; to store, to hoard
沌	dùn	chaotic, confused; murky, turbid
盹	dǔn	to doze, to nap, to nod off
砘	dùn	a kind of farm tool
窀	zhūn	to bury
饨	tún	stuffed dumplings
肫	zhūn	gizzard; honest, sincere