station soldiers, store up, village
English · station soldiers, store up, village
to station troops or store up supplies
- 军队在边境屯兵。jūnduì zài biānjìng tún bīng.The army stations troops at the border.
- 囤积物资túnjī wùzīto hoard and store up supplies (often written with the variant 囤)
Topology: Single character · Strokes: 4 strokes
Writing Balance Rule: Keep the horizontal strokes parallel and balanced, and let the vertical hooking stroke anchor the right side of the character.
Radical 凵 · Open Box Radical (receptacle or container)
Semantic Clue (形旁): 凵 (represents an enclosed container or enclosure)
Phonetic Clue (声旁): 屯 (original sound: tun)
A plant sprout struggling to push upward out of the soil container (凵), symbolizing gathering strength or storing up resources.
- 一 Horizontal top stroke representing the ground or upper cover
- 凵 Open box container representing storage
Phonetic Family (形声字家族)
17· Phonetic Root: 屯 (tún)Origin: Originally depicted a plant sprout bending as it emerges from the soil, representing the difficulty of initial growth or gathering forces in one place.
Semantic Evolution: From the idea of gathering and accumulating like sprouting plants, it evolved to mean stationing troops and storing supplies.
- In ancient times, military agricultural colonies were established where soldiers farmed and guarded borders, perfectly capturing the meaning of 'tún'.
Picture soldiers standing inside a storage container (凵) under a roof (一), guarding their supplies and stationing themselves ready for action.
túnConfusing the rising tone (tún) with flat tones, or mistaking it for its derivative character 囤 (tún) used specifically for hoarding grain.
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