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顿
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pause

HSK 10
Human →Actions
dùn
トン、トツ
にわか.に、とん.と、つまず.く、とみ.に、ぬかずく
돈, 둔
Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 屯 represents the sound.
Components
屯 stockpile+ 頁 page =
頓 pause
屯 Phonetic component
tún stockpile
village, hamlet
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頁 Meaning component
page
Depicts bowing the head.
Notes
Similar Characters
吨 metric ton (simp)囤 grain basket春 springtime沌 chaotic炖 heat (simp)盹 to doze砘 a kind of farm tool (alt)窀 to bury純 unadulterated (trad/jp)纯 simple (simp)肫 the gizzard of a fowl鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)钝 dull (simp)顿 pause (simp)飩 dumplings (trad)饨 stuffed dumplings (simp)邨 hamlet-village夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
顿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
顿 / 頓 [dùn]
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
Japanese
頓 とみ 、 とん 、 とに 同音

noun

  1. archaic sudden; abrupt; unexpected
  2. archaic stupid; foolish
  3. Buddhism attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
只管 (rare) 、 一向 (rare) 、 頓 (rare) ひたすら 同音
adverbadj-na usually kana intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼はひたすら成功を望んで懸命に働く。
He works hard because he is anxious to succeed.
Japanese Names
頓 とみ
Tomi surname
CHINESE WORDS (106)
华盛顿 [Huá​shèng​dùn] #1,927
Washington (name)
顿时 [dùn​shí] #24,189
immediately
整顿 [zhěng​dùn] #18,190
to tidy up
波士顿 [Bō​shì​dùn] #3,259
Boston, capital of Massachusetts
曼哈顿 [Màn​hā​dùn] #4,016
Manhattan island
克林顿 [Kè​lín​dùn] #11,611
Clinton (name)
停顿 [tíng​dùn] #14,388
to halt
安顿 [ān​dùn] #8,237
to find a place for
休斯顿 [Xiū​sī​dùn] #11,742
Houston
牛顿 [Niú​dùn] #12,994
Newton (name)
96 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (35)
素っ頓狂 [すっとんきょう] #15,357
wild
無頓着 [むとんちゃく] #17,313
indifferent
頓着 [とんちゃく] #21,717
being concerned about or mindful of
⭐ 整頓 [せいとん] #22,559
orderliness
⭐ 一向 [いっこう] #22,644
completely
頓挫 [とんざ] #24,744
setback
整理整頓 [せいりせいとん] #29,845
keeping things tidy and in order
頓狂 [とんきょう] #35,138
wild
⭐ 只管 [ひたすら] #58,762
intently
頓珍漢 [とんちんかん] #65,116
absurdity
25 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
정돈 #16,603
tidying