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囤

dùn

Character

What 囤 means

1. bin for grain

Other readings

囤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• túnto store; to hoard

Example sentences

• 我们还囤有卫生纸。
  We have a stock of toilet paper.

Words starting with 囤

• 囤积tún jīto stock up; to lay in supplies; to hoard (for speculation)
• 囤货tún huòto stock up; to stockpile
• 囤积居奇tún jī jū qíto hoard and profiteer; to speculate

Characters built on 屯

These share the phonetic component 屯 (tún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 纯chúnpure; simple; unmixed
• 吨dūnton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 钝dùnblunt; stupid
• 炖dùnto stew
• 沌dùnused in 混沌
• 盹dǔndoze; nap
• 邨Cūnsurname Cun

Characters that look like 囤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 国guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national
• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing
• 围wéito encircle; to surround; all around
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed

Sounds the same

Read dùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顿to stop; to pause; to arrange
• 盾shield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries…
• 钝blunt; stupid
• 炖to stew
• 遁to evade; to flee; to escape
• 沌used in 混沌
• 庉a village; to dwell together
• 砘(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds…