墩
dūn

heap

墩 dūn
block noun
a thick block of stone, wood, or concrete used as a support, pillar, or pier

工人们正在修补大桥的桥墩。

gōng​rén men zhèng​zài xiū​bǔ dà​qiáo de qiáo dūn.

Workers are repairing the bridge piers.

cluster measure word
a classifier for clusters of plants, such as grass or seedlings

他在花园里种了几墩芍药。

tā zài huā​yuán lǐ zhòng le jǐ dūn sháo​yào.

He planted several clumps of peonies in the garden.

trick measure word
a classifier for rounds or tricks in a card game

他手里还剩最后两墩牌。

tā shǒu lǐ hái shèng zuì​hòu liǎng dūn pái.

He has the last two stacks of tiles left in his hand.

watchtower noun
an archaic term for an observation tower used for defense

城墙外矗立着几座古代的墩台。

chéng​qiáng wài chù​lì zhe jǐ zuò gǔ​dài de dūn tái.

Several ancient beacon towers stand outside the city walls.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,553rd most common 5.02 per million
Movie subtitles
3,226th most common 2.39 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.19 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
5.11 per million

Details
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+58A9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)