Chinese Character 墩 Meanings and components.

Form

墩

Meaning

墩 meaning[3] in English

Block.

Gate Pillar.

Pier.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 墩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and variant of 敦[dun1] (敦)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GYDK

How to write 墩

To write墩dun1block you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 敦dun1variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 敦 = 墩

墩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

墩
Pinyin:dun1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Block . Gate Pillar . Pier . Classifier For Clusters Of Plants . Classifier For Rounds In A Card Game: Trick . (Archaic) Watchtower
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
敦
Pinyin:dun1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 敦[Dun1]
享
Pinyin:xiang3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Enjoy . To Benefit . To Have The Use Of
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

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

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

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