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敦

dūn

esteem

Phonosemantic compound. 享 represents the meaning and 攵 represents the sound. Simplified form of 㪟.

Components
享 meaning component

享  Meaning component

xiǎng

  

enjoy

攵 sound component

攵  Sound component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

敦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
敦 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
敦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
敦 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
敦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

敦  

dūn

esteem; honest, candid, sincere; kindhearted; place name

敦 (㪟) 

dūn

variant of 敦[dūn]

Most common words with 敦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

伦敦

London, capital of United Kingdom

敦促

to press

敦

kindhearted

敦煌

Dunhuang county level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

休斯敦

Houston, Texas

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

墩 燉 暾 礅 憝 镦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤur (dialect: *-r > *-j)

twoj

duī

manage, direct

*tˤur

twon

dūn

solid, thick

*tˤur

twon

dūn

敦煌 ~ 燉煌 Dūnhuáng


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.0203% of movies

1547th most common character in movies

1722nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6566

Shuowen

“敦，怒也，詆也。一曰誰何也。从攴，聲。”


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