墩
block; gate pillar; pier; classifier for clusters of plants; classifier for rounds in a card game: trick; (archaic) watchtower
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,731 U+58A9
How 墩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 敦 (phonetic, dūn)
How to remember it
mound · Heisig RSH #1647
土 soil + 敦 candid
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 敦
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 敦 (dūn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敦 sound component | dūn | honest, candid, sincere; kind-hearted; to esteem |
| 憝 | duì | to dislike; to abhor, to hate |
| 暾 | tūn | sunrise, the morning sun |
| 礅 | dūn | stone block |
| 镦 | dūn | ferrule; to castrate |
Words containing 墩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菜墩子 | cài dūn zi | chopping block |
| 墩子 | dūn zi | squat block (of stone, wood etc); ottoman; pouf |
| 屁墩儿 | pì dūn r | (dialect) a fall on the buttocks |
| 门墩 | mén dūn | wooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door |
| 墩布 | dūn bù | swab; mop; CL:把[ba3] |
| 胖墩儿 | pàng dūn r | (coll.) short, fat person (esp. a kid); a roly-poly |
| 坐墩 | zuò dūn | Chinese drum-shaped stool |
| 桥墩 | qiáo dūn | bridge pier |
| 冰墩墩 | Bīng Dūn dūn | Bing Dwen Dwen (mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, a panda wearing a bodysuit of … |
| 肥墩墩 | féi dūn dūn | exceedingly obese |
| 拱墩 | gǒng dūn | pillar of a vault |
| 矮墩墩 | ǎi dūn dūn | pudgy; dumpy; stumpy |
| 绣墩 | xiù dūn | see 坐墩[zuo4 dun1] |
| 胖墩墩 | pàng dūn dūn | short and stout; heavy-set |