顿(dùn)

HSK 310 strokesTrad. 頓
Readingsdùndú

to stop

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Character information

Pinyin
dùn / dú
Meaning
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
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
頓

Origin & structure

Where 顿 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰屯页

In this compound, the meaning comes from 页 (head); 屯 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

屯tún页yè

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 顿 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 顿

Common words using 顿 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhěng整dùn顿
HSK 6

to tidy up

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tíng停dùn顿
HSK 7-9

to halt; to break off; pause (in speech)

Open 停顿 page →
dùn顿shí时
HSK 7-9

immediately; suddenly

Open 顿时 page →
yì抑yáng扬dùn顿cuò挫
HSK 7-9

see 顿挫抑扬

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dài代dùn顿

Dayton (city in Ohio)

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láo劳dùn顿

(literary) fatigued; wearied

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kǎ卡dùn顿

(computing) slow; unresponsive; laggy

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kùn困dùn顿

fatigued

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From 顿’s common words

整停时抑扬挫代劳

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