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敦

dūn

Character

What 敦 means

1. kindhearted
2. place name

Other readings

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

• dūnvariant of {敦|dūn}

Example sentences

• 我在伦敦。
  I am in London.
• 她住在伦敦。
  She is living in London.
• 他去了伦敦。
  He has gone to London.
• 我在伦敦吗？
  Am I in London?
• 我去伦敦了。
  I went to London.
• 伦敦起了大雾。
  Lúndūn qǐ le dàwù.
  We had a heavy fog in London.

Words starting with 敦

• 敦促dūn cùto press; to urge; to hasten
• 敦厚dūn hòugenuine; honest and sincere
• 敦伦dūn lúnto strengthen moral ties between people; to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple)
• 敦化市Dūn huà ShìDunhua, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州
• 敦刻尔克Dūn kè ěr kèDunkirk, port in northern France
• 敦豪Dūn háoDHL, international courier and logistics group
• 敦睦dūn mùto promote friendly relations
• 敦煌市Dūn huáng ShìDunhuang, a county-level city in Jiuquan City 酒泉市
• 敦煌石窟Dūn huáng shí kūDunhuang caves in Gansu; refers to Mogao caves 莫高石窟
• 敦煌Dūn huángsee 敦煌市
• 敦化Dūn huàsee 敦化市

Words containing 敦

• 伦敦Lún dūnLondon, capital of United Kingdom
• 休斯敦Xiū sī dūnHouston, Texas
• 王敦Wáng DūnWang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang…
• 金斯敦Jīn sī dūnKingstown, capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Kingston, capital of Jamaica
• 开普敦Kāi pǔ dūnCape Town (city in South Africa)
• 亚当斯敦Yà dāng sī dūnAdamstown, capital of the Pitcairn Islands
• 北安普敦Běi ān pǔ dūnNorthampton, town in central England, county town of Northamptonshire 北安普敦郡
• 南安普敦Nán ān pǔ dūnSouthampton, town in south England
• 京斯敦Jīng sī dūnKingstown, capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines…
• 列支敦士登Liè zhī dūn shì dēngLiechtenstein
• 列支敦斯登Liè zhī dūn sī dēngLiechtenstein (Tw)
• 大伦敦地区dà Lún dūn dì qūGreater London; London region, England
• 伦敦大学学院Lún dūn Dà xué Xué yuànUniversity College, London
• 弗里敦Fú lǐ dūnFreetown, capital of Sierra Leone
• 夏洛特敦Xià luò tè dūnCharlottetown, capital of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• 乔治敦Qiáo zhì dūnGeorgetown
• 哀的美敦书āi dì měi dūn shū(loanword; old) ultimatum
• 周敦颐Zhōu Dūn yíZhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
• 杰克·伦敦Jié kè · Lún dūnJack London (1876-1916), American writer
• 伦敦国际金融期货交易所Lún dūn Guó jì Jīn róng Qī huò Jiāo yì suǒLondon International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE)
• 伦敦大学亚非学院Lún dūn Dà xué Yà Fēi Xué yuànLondon University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
• 伦敦证券交易所Lún dūn Zhèng quàn Jiāo yì suǒLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)

Characters built on 享

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

• 醇chúnalcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 淳chúngenuine; pure; honest
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail
• 谆zhūnrepeatedly (in giving advice); sincere; earnest

Characters that look like 敦

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

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 款kuǎnsection; paragraph; funds
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 梁liángroof beam; beam (structure); bridge
• 敕chìimperial orders

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)
• 墩block; gate pillar; pier
• 惇kindhearted; honest
• 镦upsetting (forged pieces)
• 礅stone block
• 蹾(colloquial) to put sth down heavily; to plonk
• 墫old variant of 蹲