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钝

dùn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鈍

What 钝 means

1. blunt
2. stupid

Example sentences

• 铅笔头钝了。
  Qiānbǐ tóu dùn le.
  The point of the pencil has become dull.
• 我的刀变钝了。
  My knife has become dull.
• 我的剑虽然是钝的，但应付你的话是绰绰有余的。
  Wǒ de jiàn suīrán shì dùn de, dàn yìngfu nǐ dehuà shì chuòchuòyǒuyú de.
  My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.
• 那把刀太钝了，根本切不动肉，我只好拿出我的小刀。
  The knife was so blunt that I could not cut the meat with it and I resorted to my pocket knife.
• 太阳穴钝钝地痛，意识似乎被笼罩上了一层薄薄的雾霭。
  Tàiyángxué dùn dùn de tòng, yìshí sìhū bèi lǒngzhào shàng le yīcéng báo báo de wù'ǎi.
  I have a dull pain in my temples and my mind feels like its covered with a thin layer of fog.

Words starting with 钝

• 钝器dùn qìblunt instrument (used as a weapon)
• 钝角dùn jiǎoobtuse angle
• 钝翅苇莺dùn chì wěi yīng(bird species of China) blunt-winged warbler (Acrocephalus concinens)

Words containing 钝

• 迟钝chí dùnslow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought)
• 愚钝yú dùnstupid; slow-witted
• 顽钝wán dùnblunt (instrument); stupid; thick-headed
• 鲁钝lǔ dùnstupid; slow on the uptake
• 味觉迟钝wèi jué chí dùnamblygeustia; loss of food taste
• 思想顽钝sī xiǎng wán dùnblunt thinking; apathy
• 成败利钝chéng bài lì dùnsucceed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages…
• 驽钝nú dùn(literary) dull; slow-witted

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
• 炖dùnto stew
• 沌dùnused in 混沌
• 囤dùnbin for grain
• 盹dǔndoze; nap
• 邨Cūnsurname Cun

Characters that look like 钝

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

• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 哉zāi(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
• 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓

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…
• 炖to stew
• 遁to evade; to flee; to escape
• 囤bin for grain
• 沌used in 混沌
• 庉a village; to dwell together
• 砘(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds…