• 866th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 35 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kùn (kun4)to trap • to surround • hard-pressed • stranded • destitute
2. kùn (kun4)sleepy • tired

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

困难 (困難)

Uncommon

困境 
困惑 
困扰 (困擾)
困苦 
贫困 (貧困)

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  • 792nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 98 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dùn (dun4)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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dùn (dun4)The component is pronounced as 'tún' (tun2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dùn (dun4)The component is pronounced as 'zhūn' (zhun1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

顿时 (頓時)

Uncommon

休斯顿 (休斯頓)
停顿 (停頓)
克林顿 (克林頓)
劳顿 (勞頓)
博尔顿 (博爾頓)
困顿 (困頓)
安顿 (安頓)
希尔顿 (希爾頓)
捶胸顿足 (捶胸頓足)
整顿 (整頓)
曼哈顿 (曼哈頓)
波士顿 (波士頓)
汉密尔顿 (漢密爾頓)
牛顿 (牛頓)
立顿 (立頓)
茅塞顿开 (茅塞頓開)
华盛顿 (華盛頓)
顿悟 (頓悟)
顿挫 (頓挫)
顿觉 (頓覺)
顿足 (頓足)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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