dūn HSK5

metric ton

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰuːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

dūn metric ton Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
dùn to bow, pause

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode