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墩

dūn

Character

What 墩 means

1. block
2. gate pillar
3. pier
4. classifier for clusters of plants
5. classifier for rounds in a card game: trick
6. archaicwatchtower

Other readings

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

• dūnold variant of {墩|dūn}

Example sentences

• 这锅墩汤闻起来真美味。
  Zhè guō dūn tāng wén qǐlai zhēn měiwèi.
  The stew smells delicious.

Words starting with 墩

• 墩子dūn zisquat block (of stone, wood etc); ottoman; pouf
• 墩布dūn bùswab; mop

Words containing 墩

• 门墩mén dūnwooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door
• 桥墩qiáo dūnbridge pier
• 坐墩zuò dūnChinese drum-shaped stool
• 拱墩gǒng dūnpillar of a vault
• 冰墩墩Bīng Dūn dūnBing Dwen Dwen…
• 屁墩儿pì dūn r(dialect) a fall on the buttocks
• 矮墩墩ǎi dūn dūnpudgy; dumpy; stumpy
• 肥墩墩féi dūn dūnexceedingly obese
• 胖墩儿pàng dūn r(colloquial) short, fat person (esp. a kid); a roly-poly
• 胖墩墩pàng dūn dūnshort and stout; heavy-set
• 菜墩子cài dūn zichopping block
• 绣墩xiù dūnsee 坐墩

Characters built on 敦

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

• 镦dūnupsetting (forged pieces)
• 暾tūnsun above the horizon
• 礅dūnstone block

Characters that look like 墩

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

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 缴jiǎoto hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 澈chèclear (water); thorough
• 锲qièto cut; to carve; to engrave
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞

Sounds the same

Read dūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吨ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 蹲to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
• 敦kindhearted; place name
• 惇kindhearted; honest
• 镦upsetting (forged pieces)
• 礅stone block
• 蹾(colloquial) to put sth down heavily; to plonk
• 墫old variant of 蹲