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Character #674 · The First 1000

dùn

顿 (頓) dùn meaning: pause

to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot)

Strokes
1013
TraditionalSimplified
頓 顿
Poster cell
B25
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • zhěngdùn to tidy up
  • dùnshí immediately
  • tíngdùn to halt
  • āndùn to find a place for
  • dùnjué to feel suddenly
  • dùnshǒu kowtow
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 顿頓

Write 顿頓 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, dùn, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell B25 · 28 × 36 grid

顿頓 is #674 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 顿 mean in English?
顿 (dùn) means "pause": to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot).
How do you pronounce 顿?
顿 is pronounced dùn in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄉㄨㄣˋ.
How many strokes does 顿 have?
The simplified form, 顿, has 10 strokes. The traditional form, 頓, has 13.
What is the traditional form of 顿?
The traditional form of 顿 is 頓. 顿 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 頓 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 顿?
Common words that use 顿 include 整顿 (zhěngdùn, to tidy up), 顿时 (dùnshí, immediately), 停顿 (tíngdùn, to halt), 安顿 (āndùn, to find a place for).
How common is 顿?
顿 is number 674 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell B25 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.