饨 (tún): used in 餛飩|馄饨

饨 (tún) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 餛飩|馄饨.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 饣 (semantic) and 屯 (phonetic). It ranks #4092 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 饨 food. Its radical form 饣 (eat) appears in many related characters such as 饭 (fàn, meal, rice), 饿 (è, hungry), 饱 (bǎo, full).

Spoken pronunciation
Radical: 饣 eat7 strokesFrequency #4092饣 semantic屯 phonetic

Definitions

  1. used in 餛飩|馄饨

Etymology & Origin

饨

pictophoneticfood

Decomposition: ⿰饣屯 (layout: left-right)

Components:饣semantic屯phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
馄饨nounhún tunwonton
1
Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

饨 appears in 1 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

学习饨字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。

xué xí tún zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .

Learning to write the character "饨" requires repeated practice to ensure it is written neatly.

中国新闻网·文化May 2026

在灶台与账本之中，江苏泰州的馄饨店主常玫瑰，慢熬出了散文集《左手诗情，右手烟火》。

zài zào tái yǔ zhàng běn zhī zhōng , jiāng sū tài zhōu de hún tún diàn zhǔ cháng méi guī , màn āo chū le sàn wén jí zuǒ shǒu shī qíng , yòu shǒu yān huǒ .

Amid the kitchen stove and the ledgers, Chang Meigui, the owner of a wonton shop in Taizhou, Jiangsu, slowly crafted the essay collection *Poetry in the Left Hand, the Mundane in the Right*.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 饣 (food) component

饭fàn饮yǐn饱bǎo饼bǐng饥jī饶ráo饲sì馄hún饵ěr饺jiǎo

Related Characters

饭fàn饿è饱bǎo馆guǎn饼bǐng饺jiǎo饰shì饲sì饵ěr饶ráo

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 饨 (tún) mean in Chinese?
饨 (tún) primarily means "used in 餛飩|馄饨." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #4092 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 饨 and 顿?
饨 (tún) and 顿 (dùn) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 饣 vs 页 (same 屯 component).
How many strokes does 饨 have?
饨 is written with 7 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 饨?
The radical associated with 饨 is 饣 (eat). This radical appears in many characters related to eat.
What are the components of 饨?
饨 is composed of: 饣 (semantic), 屯 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰饣屯 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 饨?
Common words with 饨 include: 馄饨 (hún tun, "wonton"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
Is 饨 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 饨 and the traditional form is 飩.

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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.