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暾

tūn

Character

What 暾 means

1. sun above the horizon

Words starting with 暾

• 暾欲谷Tūn yù gǔTonyukuk (died c. 724 AD)

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.

• 墩dūnblock; gate pillar; pier
• 镦dūnupsetting (forged pieces)
• 礅dūnstone block

Sounds the same

Read tūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吞to swallow; to take
• 啍move slowly
• 焞bright; radiant; Taiwan pr. chún
• 涒planet Jupiter; vomit
• 黗yellowish-black
• 旽morning sun, sunrise
• 呑variant of 吞

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tūn correctly.
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