屯

garrison; barracks; police station; camp; ton

4 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1980.

Readings

• トン (on reading): 駐屯 (ちゅうとん) stationing (troops); 駐屯地 (ちゅうとんち) garrison
• たむろ (kun reading): 屯 (たむろ) gathering

Components

• 丿
• 屮
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 乙 radical second; fishhook
• 凵 radical open box
• 屯 radical camp; sprout

Kanji containing 屯

• 純 genuine
• 鈍 dull
• 沌 primeval chaos
• 邨 village
• 瓲 tonne
• 頓 suddenly
• 飩 Japanese noodles

Words using 屯

• 駐屯 (ちゅうとん) stationing (troops)
• 駐屯地 (ちゅうとんち) garrison
• 屯田 (とんでん) colonization
• 屯田兵 (とんでんへい) agricultural soldiers
• 分屯地 (ぶんとんち) vice-camp
• 屯 (たむろ) gathering
• 水雷屯 (すいらいちゅん) zhun (hexagram 3 of the I Ching: difficulty at the beginning)

15 words in all.

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