钝
blunt; stupid
9 strokes
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How 钝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 屯 (phonetic, tún)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 屯
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 屯 (tún) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屯 sound component | tún | village, hamlet; camp; station |
| 顿 | dùn | to pause; to bow; to arrange |
| 纯 | chún | pure, clean; simple, genuine |
| 吨 | dūn | a metric ton |
| 炖 | dùn | stew; to cook stew |
| 囤 | tún | grain basket; to store, to hoard |
| 沌 | dùn | chaotic, confused; murky, turbid |
| 盹 | dǔn | to doze, to nap, to nod off |
| 砘 | dùn | a kind of farm tool |
| 窀 | zhūn | to bury |
| 饨 | tún | stuffed dumplings |
| 肫 | zhūn | gizzard; honest, sincere |
Words containing 钝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成败利钝 | chéng bài lì dùn | succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages; success and failure… |
| 钝化 | dùn huà | (chemistry) to passivate |
| 钝器 | dùn qì | blunt instrument (used as a weapon) |
| 钝角 | dùn jiǎo | obtuse angle |
| 思想顽钝 | sī xiǎng wán dùn | blunt thinking; apathy |
| 味觉迟钝 | wèi jué chí dùn | amblygeustia; loss of food taste |
| 钝翅苇莺 | dùn chì wěi yīng | (bird species of China) blunt-winged warbler (Acrocephalus concinens) |
| 鲁钝 | lǔ dùn | stupid; slow on the uptake |
| 迟钝 | chí dùn | slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought) |
| 愚钝 | yú dùn | stupid; slow-witted |
| 顽钝 | wán dùn | blunt (instrument); stupid; thick-headed |
| 驽钝 | nú dùn | (literary) dull; slow-witted |