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Kanji Detail for 屯 - "station, camp, gather"

屯

  • Meaning

    屯 means "station, camp, gather."

    1. Gather - To assemble; to congregate.

    2. Station - A place where troops are quartered.

    3. Camp - A temporary settlement or encampment.

    4. Ton - A unit of weight.

  • Words using 屯

    • 駐屯 ちゅうとん Listen stationing (troops); garrisoning

  • Tattoo check: 屯

    • Verified meaning: station, camp, gather
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たむろ, とん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 屯

    Given names 屯(たむろ)Listen 屯(とん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    barracks; police station; camp; ton

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    village, hamlet; camp; station; hexagram ䷂

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to station (soldiers); to store up; village

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    village, hamlet; camp; station

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Difficult. Difficulty in proceeding is called 屯邅. Commonly written as 迍邅. | To gather. Assembling troops to defend is called 屯. Hence military farming is called 屯田.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ton(トン) トン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tamuro(たむろ) たむろ

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    屮 (tetsu・mebae・kusanome)

  • Related Keywords

    gather station camp ton garrison accumulate amass assemble barracks base collect congregate defense deployment fortification military outpost regiment occupation
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