盹 (dǔn): doze

盹 (dǔn) is a Chinese character meaning “doze.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic) and 屯 (phonetic). It ranks #2989 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 盹 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 目 eye9 strokesFrequency #2989目 semantic屯 phonetic

Definitions

  1. doze

Etymology & Origin

盹

pictophoneticeye

Decomposition: ⿰目屯 (layout: left-right)

Components:目semantic屯phonetic

Stroke Order

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9

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
打盹dǎ dǔnto doze off
打盹儿dǎ dǔn rerhua variant of 打盹[da3 dun3]
2
Total compounds
0
As first character
50
As last character
50
As middle character

盹 appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 盹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

睡shuì
0.491108 co-occurrences
打dǎ
0.475676 co-occurrences
觉jué
0.41248 co-occurrences
机jī
0.27036 co-occurrences
个gè
0.27066 co-occurrences
著zhù
0.26636 co-occurrences
都dōu
0.26648 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

午饭后他总是要打个小盹，这样下午才有精神。

Wǔfàn hòu tā zǒngshì yào dǎ gè xiǎo dǔn, zhèyàng xiàwǔ cái yǒu jīngshén.

After lunch, he always takes a short nap so he can be energetic in the afternoon.

Tatoeba

也许我会马上放弃然后去打盹。

Yěxǔ wǒ huì mǎshàng fàngqì ránhòu qù dǎdǔn.

I may give up soon and just take a nap.

Tatoeba

她刚结束，就躺下打了个盹儿。

Tā gāng jiéshù, jiù tǎngxià dǎ le gè dǔn r.

The moment she'd finished, she lay down for a nap.

Tatoeba

此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。

Cǐkè dǎdǔn, nǐ jiāng zuòmèng; ér cǐkè xuéxí, nǐ jiāng yuánmèng.

This moment will nap, you will have a dream; But this moment study,you will interpret a dream.

Character Family

目 Radical Family — Characters sharing the eye radical

睬cǎi瞅chǒu瞪dèng盯dīng督dū睹dǔ睛jīng眶kuàng睐lài瞒mán

Related Characters

看kàn真zhēn着zhe睡shuì觉jué目mù直zhí相xiāng省shěng眼yǎn

Homophones — Characters pronounced dǔn

吨dūn炖dùn顿dùn敦dūn盾dùn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 盹 (dǔn) mean in Chinese?
盹 (dǔn) primarily means "doze." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2989 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 盹 and 纯?
盹 (dǔn) and 纯 (chún) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 目 vs 纟 (same 屯 component).
How many strokes does 盹 have?
盹 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 盹?
The radical associated with 盹 is 目 (eye). This radical appears in many characters related to eye.
What are the components of 盹?
盹 is composed of: 目 (semantic), 屯 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰目屯 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 盹?
Common words with 盹 include: 打盹 (dǎ dǔn, "to doze off"); 打盹儿 (dǎ dǔn r, "erhua variant of 打盹[da3 dun3]"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 盹 (dǔn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation dǔn: 吨 (ton (loanword)), 炖 (to stew), 顿 (to stop), 敦 (kindhearted), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 盹 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 盹 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.