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頓

See also: 顿
頓 U+9813, 頓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9813
← 頒
[U+9812] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 頔 →
[U+9814]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

頓 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山一月金 (PUMBC), four-corner 51786, composition ⿰屯頁)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1401, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43381
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1918, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4360, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9813

Chinese edit

trad. 頓
simp. 顿

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 頓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
躉 *tuːnʔ
窀 *rduːn, *duːn, *tun
沌 *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
盹 *tuːnʔ, *tjuns
頓 *tuːns
扽 *tuːns
黗 *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
吨 *tʰuːnʔ
屯 *duːn, *tun
飩 *duːn
豘 *duːn
軘 *duːn
坉 *duːn
邨 *duːn, *stʰuːn
忳 *duːn
芚 *duːn
庉 *duːn, *duːnʔ
囤 *duːnʔ
迍 *tun
杶 *tʰun
瑃 *tʰun
椿 *tʰun
偆 *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
肫 *tjun
訰 *tjun, *tjuns
純 *tjunʔ, *djun
春 *tʰjun
蠢 *tʰjunʔ
踳 *tʰjunʔ
惷 *tʰjunʔ
蒓 *djun
賰 *hljunʔ
鬊 *hljuns

Etymology 1 edit

“tired”
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-t(u/i)l (“buttocks; heel; dull; blunt; rounded part”); cognate with Tibetan རྟུལ (rtul, “dull”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2014).

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Pronunciation 1 edit

Note:
  • tùn - literary;
  • tǹg/tùiⁿ - vernacular (“to stamp the ground (Mainland China); classifier for meals; meal; to stamp; to strike; to fall on one's buttocks; to place a heavy object on a flat platform; to have a trial of strength”).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 頓
Mandarin Beijing /tuən⁵¹/
Harbin /tuən⁵³/
Tianjin /tuən⁵³/
Jinan /tuẽ²¹/
Qingdao /tuə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /tuən³¹²/
Xi'an /tuẽ⁴⁴/
Xining /tuə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /tuŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /tũn¹³/
Ürümqi /tuŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /tən³⁵/
Chengdu /tən¹³/
Guiyang /ten²¹³/
Kunming /tuə̃²¹²/
Nanjing /tun⁴⁴/
Hefei /tən⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /tuəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /tuŋ¹³/
Hohhot /tũŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /təŋ³⁵/
Suzhou /tən⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /ten⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /taŋ⁴²/
Hui Shexian /tʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /tuːə⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /tən⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /tən⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /tɨn⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /tun³¹/
Taoyuan /tun³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /tøn²²/
Nanning /tɐn²²/
Hong Kong /tøn²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tun²¹/
/tŋ̍²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /touŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tɔŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tuŋ³⁵/
/tɯŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdun³⁵/
/ʔdun⁵⁵/
/ʔdui³⁵/
Rime
Character 頓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 都困切
Baxter twonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tuənH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tuonH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/twənH/
Li
Rong 		/tuənH/
Wang
Li 		/tuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		deon3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頓
Reading # 1/1
No. 12541
Phonetic
component 		屯
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		頓
Old
Chinese 		/*tuːns/
Definitions edit

頓

  1. to pause
    停頓／停顿  ―  tíngdùn  ―  to pause
  2. to arrange; to handle; to deal with
    安頓／安顿  ―  āndùn  ―  to arrange for; to get everything settled
  3. to stamp the ground
  4. (literary) to kowtow
  5. Classifier for meals.
    一頓飯／一顿饭  ―  yī dùn fàn  ―  a meal
    三頓／三顿 [Hokkien]  ―  saⁿ-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  three meals of the day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
  6. Classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.
    真的想把他揍一頓。 [MSC, trad.]
    真的想把他揍一顿。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhēnde xiǎng bǎ tā zòu yī dùn. [Pinyin]
    I really want to give them a beating.
  7. suddenly; abruptly; all of the sudden
    茅塞頓開／茅塞顿开  ―  máosàidùnkāi  ―  to be enlightened all of a sudden
  8. tired; weary; fatigued; exhausted; strained
    困頓／困顿  ―  kùndùn  ―  exhausted
  9. (Southern Min) meal
    暗頓／暗顿 [Hokkien]  ―  àm-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  dinner
  10. (Southern Min) to stamp; to affix (a seal)
  11. (Hakka) to hit; to bump into with elbow
  12. (Southern Min) to strike; to beat; to hit
  13. (Southern Min) to fall on one's buttocks
  14. (Southern Min) to place a heavy object on a flat platform
  15. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have a trial of strength or skill; to have a contest; to compete with
  16. a surname: Dun
Synonyms edit
  • (to pause):
  • (classifier for meals):
Dialectal synonyms of 頓 (“(classifier for meals)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 頓
Mandarin Beijing 頓
Taiwan 頓
Yantai (Muping) 頓
Jinan 頓
Wanrong 頓
Xi'an 頓
Yinchuan 頓
Ürümqi 頓
Wuhan 頓, 餐
Chengdu 頓
Guiyang 頓
Liuzhou 餐
Xuzhou 頓
Yangzhou 頓
Nanjing 頓
Hefei 頓
Singapore 餐
Cantonese Guangzhou 餐
Hong Kong 餐
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 餐
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 餐
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 餐
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 餐
Macau 餐
Guangzhou (Panyu) 餐
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 餐
Guangzhou (Conghua) 餐
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 餐
Foshan 餐
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 餐
Foshan (Shunde) 餐
Foshan (Sanshui) 餐
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 餐
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 餐
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 餐
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 餐
Zhuhai (Doumen) 餐
Jiangmen (Baisha) 餐
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 餐
Taishan 餐
Kaiping (Chikan) 餐
Enping (Niujiang) 餐
Heshan (Yayao) 餐
Dongguan 餐
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 餐
Yangjiang 餐
Danzhou 餐
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 餐
Singapore (Guangfu) 餐
Gan Nanchang 餐
Lichuan 餐
Pingxiang 餐
Hakka Meixian 餐
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 餐
Dongguan (Qingxi) 餐
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 餐
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 餐
Heyuan (Bendihua) 餐
Wengyuan 餐
Liannan 餐
Conghua (Lütian) 餐
Jiexi 餐
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 頓
Changting 餐
Wuping (Yanqian) 餐
Ninghua 餐
Yudu 餐
Ningdu 餐
Tonggu (Sandu) 餐
Ganzhou (Panlong) 餐
Dayu 餐
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 餐
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 餐
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 餐
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 餐
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 餐
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頓
Hong Kong 餐
Yangxi (Tangkou) 餐
Yangchun (Sanjia) 餐
Xinyi (Sihe) 餐
Xinyi (Qianpai) 餐
Gaozhou (Xindong) 餐
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 餐
Huazhou (Xin'an) 餐
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 餐
Lianjiang (Qingping) 餐
Mengshan (Xihe) 餐
Luchuan 餐
Senai (Huiyang) 餐
Singkawang 餐
Huizhou Jixi 頓, 餐
Jin Taiyuan 頓
Xinzhou 頓
Northern Min Jian'ou 頓
Eastern Min Fuzhou 頓
Southern Min Xiamen 頓
Quanzhou 頓
Jinjiang 頓
Yongchun 頓
Zhangzhou 頓
Taipei 頓
New Taipei (Sanxia) 頓
Kaohsiung 頓
Yilan 頓
Changhua (Lukang) 頓
Taichung 頓
Tainan 頓
Hsinchu 頓
Kinmen 頓
Penghu (Magong) 頓
Singapore (Hokkien) 頓
Manila (Hokkien) 頓
Chaozhou 頓
Jieyang 頓
Haifeng 頓
Bangkok (Teochew) 頓
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 頓
Singapore (Teochew) 頓
Wenchang 頓
Haikou 頓
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 餐
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 餐
Wu Shanghai 頓
Shanghai (Chongming) 頓
Suzhou 頓
Danyang 頓
Hangzhou 頓
Ningbo 頓
Wenzhou 廚
Jinhua 餐
Xiang Changsha 餐
Loudi 餐
Shuangfeng 餐
  • (classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.):
Dialectal synonyms of 頓 (“(classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 頓
Mandarin Beijing 頓
Taiwan 頓
Jinan 頓
Xi'an 頓
Wuhan 頓
Chengdu 頓
Yangzhou 頓
Hefei 頓
Singapore 頓
Cantonese Guangzhou 餐
Hong Kong 餐
Yangjiang 餐
Gan Nanchang 餐
Hakka Meixian 頓
Jin Taiyuan 頓
Northern Min Jian'ou 頓
Eastern Min Fuzhou 回
Southern Min Xiamen 睏
Wu Suzhou 頓
Wenzhou 套
Xiang Changsha 餐
Shuangfeng 餐
  • (suddenly):
  • (tired):
Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Definitions edit

頓

  1. (Mainland China Hokkien) to place somewhere for a short period of time to produce some effect

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

頓

  1. Only used in 冒頓／冒顿 (Mòdú).

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

頓

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. to kowtow
  2. to rest, to stay, to abide
  3. suddenly

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Korean edit

Hanja edit

頓 • (don, dun) (hangeul 돈, 둔)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

頓: Hán Nôm readings: đốn, đón, nhún, dún, đon, đún, lún, rón

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