Chinese Character 吨 Meanings and components.

Form

吨

Meaning

吨 meaning[3] in English

Ton (Loanword).

Taiwan Pr. [Dun4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and to station (soldiers) (屯)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RPU

How to write 吨

To write吨dun1ton (loanword) you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 屯tun2to station … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 屯 = 吨

吨 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 吨 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 吨, looks as follow:

吨
Pinyin:dun1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ton (Loanword) . Taiwan Pr. [Dun4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
屯
Pinyin:tun2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Station (Soldiers) . To Store Up . Village

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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