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沌

dùn

Character

What 沌 means

1. used in {混沌|hùn dùn}

Example sentences

• 世界处于混沌之中。
  Shìjiè chǔyú hùndùn zhīzhōng.
  The world is in chaos.
• 世界上任何人的独自活动，都是清醒而目标明确的，然而一旦被生活的洪流聚在一起，就变得混沌不清了。
  All individuals in the world act with clear goals and distinct intentions. But once these actions are brought together by the great torrents of life, clarity recedes and chaos ensues.

Words containing 沌

• 混沌hùn dùnprimal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology)…
• 混沌学hùn dùn xuéchaos theory (math.)
• 混沌理论hùn dùn lǐ lùn(math) chaos theory
• 浑沌hún dùnsee 混沌

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
• 囤dùnbin for grain
• 盹dǔndoze; nap
• 邨Cūnsurname Cun

Characters that look like 沌

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

• 线xiànthread; string; wire
• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 巡xúnto patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 泯mǐn(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)
• 兆zhào(bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-

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
• 囤bin for grain
• 庉a village; to dwell together
• 砘(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds…