(tún): to station (soldiers), to store up, village

(tún) is a Chinese character meaning “to station (soldiers).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #2672 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to station (soldiers)
  2. to store up
  3. village

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
tún zivillage
tún tè dà xuéUniversity of Twente
dà tún huǒ shān qúnTatun Volcanic Group, volcanic area to the north of Taipei
jīn shān tún qūJinshantun, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
sū jiā tún qūSujiatun, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning
tóu tún hé qūToutunhe, a district of Ürümqi City 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
sān lǐ túnSanlitun (Beijing street name)
西xī tún qūXitun District of Taichung, Taiwan
jīn shān túnsee 金山屯區|金山屯区[Jin1 shan1 tun2 Qu1]
sū jiā túnsee 蘇家屯區|苏家屯区[Su1 jia1 tun2 Qu1]
nán tún qūNantun District of Taichung, Taiwan
běi tún qūBeitun District of Taichung, Taiwan
běi tún shìBeitun, city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
tóu tún hésee 頭屯河區|头屯河区[Tou2 tun2 he2 Qu1]
zhā lán tún shìZhalantun, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
35
Total compounds
40
As first character
20
As last character
40
As middle character

appears in 35 compound words: 40 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 40 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

chí
0.63610 co-occurrences
yán
0.62310 co-occurrences
yǒng
0.60810 co-occurrences
kěn
0.5021,764 co-occurrences
cǎo
0.45410,380 co-occurrences
tián
0.42716,038 co-occurrences
tuó
0.406144 co-occurrences
bīng
0.40211,400 co-occurrences
0.401780 co-occurrences
cūn
0.39112,786 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

jī cǎo tún liángHSK 7+

(idiom) to stockpile provisions in preparation for war

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字在日常生活中使用频率较低。

tún zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .

The character "屯" is not frequently used in everyday life.

EttodayFeb 2026

世界百大入侵种“海蟾蜍”有够毒 草社区实地移除大作战

shì jiè bǎi dà rù qīn zhǒng hǎi 蟾 蜍 yǒu gòu dú cǎo tún shè qū shí dì yí chú dà zuò zhàn

The world's top 100 invasive species "sea toads" are poisonous enough to remove the Caotun community on the spot

Yahoo FinanceFeb 2026

港铁(00066.HK)门南延线项目游泳池重置工程完成 释出土地...

gǎng tiě ( 0 0 0 6 6 . H K ) tún mén nán yán xiàn xiàng mù yóu yǒng chí chóng zhì gōng chéng wán chéng shì chū tǔ dì . . .

MTR (00066.HK) Tuen Mun South Extension Project Swimming Pool Reprovisioning Project Completed Release of Land...

Hk01.comFeb 2026

海皇路站喺边?升级新门泳池今开放 轻铁站将改名|门南延线

hǎi huáng lù zhàn 喺 biān ? shēng jí xīn tún mén yǒng chí jīn kāi fàng qīng tiě zhàn jiāng gǎi míng tún mén nán yán xiàn

Where is Haihuang Road Station? Upgraded new Tuen Mun swimming pool is open today Light rail station will be renamed Tuen Mun South Extension

東森新聞Feb 2026

开工首日开金库 草农会发送2088瓶发财水

kāi gōng shǒu rì kāi jīn kù cǎo tún nóng huì fā sòng 2 0 8 8 píng fā cái shuǐ

On the first day of construction, the treasury was opened and the Caotun Farmers Association sent 2,088 bottles of fortune water

Am730Feb 2026

门宝怡花园获区内客斥1.2万租两房 尺租...

tún mén bǎo yí huā yuán huò qū nèi kè chì 1 . 2 wàn zū liǎng fáng chǐ zū . . .

Tuen Mun Po Yi Garden was charged 12,000 yuan by customers in the area to rent a two-bedroom rent per square foot...

Tatoeba

汤姆了很多垃圾。

Tāngmǔ tún le hěn duō lājī.

Tom has accumulated a lot of junk.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced tún

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 屯 (tún) mean in Chinese?
屯 (tún) primarily means "to station (soldiers)." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2672 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 屯 and 下?
屯 (tún) and 下 (xià) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 屯 (up) vs 下 (down).
How many strokes does 屯 have?
屯 is written with 4 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 屯?
The radical associated with 屯 is 屮 (sprout). This radical appears in many characters related to sprout.
What are the components of 屯?
屯 is composed of: 一 (structural), 屮 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿻一屮 with a overlay layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 屯?
Common words with 屯 include: 屯子 (tún zi, "village"); 屯特大学 (tún tè dà xué, "University of Twente"); 大屯火山群 (dà tún huǒ shān qún, "Tatun Volcanic Group, volcanic area to the north of Taipei"); 金山屯区 (jīn shān tún qū, "Jinshantun, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang"); 苏家屯区 (sū jiā tún qū, "Sujiatun, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning"). There are over 35 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 屯 (tún)?
Several characters share the pronunciation tún: 吞 (to swallow). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 屯 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 屯 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.