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Kanji Detail for 頓 - "sudden, earnest, devoted"
頓
- Meaning
頓 means "sudden, earnest, devoted."
To stumble - To trip; to fall; to be obstructed.
To stop - To halt; to remain still.
Earnestly - Wholeheartedly; devotedly; single-mindedly.
To bow - To prostrate oneself in deep respect.
Suddenly - Abruptly; quickly; at once.
To be exhausted - To suffer; to be troubled.
To fail - To be defeated; to collapse.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
suddenly; immediately; in a hurry; arrange; stay in place; bow; kowtow
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
pause, stop; bow, kowtow; arrange
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to pause; to bow; to arrange
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
頓首. Kowtowing with the head touching the ground. Found in the Rites of Zhou. | To stand. Colloquially, pausing briefly is also called 頓. | A place for lodging and eating during travel was anciently called 頓. Hence eating one meal is called 一頓. This expression existed among Jin people. Found in "New Tales of the World." | Suddenly. Meaning changing quickly, as if unexpected. Often used as a particle. As in 頓令, 頓使 (suddenly making) and the like. | To stagnate. As in being stuck without making progress is called 困頓. | 整頓. Refers to tidying up what has become disordered to restore its former appearance. Such as clarifying regulations and establishing new rules.
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Sentences including 頓
It's very difficult to put things in order.
The room was in a perfect order.
He put the room in order.
My father doesn't care about money at all.
He is now setting things in order in his room.
Put your room in order.
He is quite indifferent to money.
He put his room in order.
Put your room in order.
Keep the room in good order.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
無頓着な私には、先生のそういう特色が折々著しく眼に留まった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は死に瀕している父の手前、その父に幾分でも安心させてやりたいと祈りつつある母の手前、働かなければ人間でないようにいう兄の手前、その他妹の夫だの伯父だの叔母だのの手前、私のちっとも頓着していない事に、神経を悩まさなければならなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あるいはそうなのかも知れませんが、おそらくその従妹に無頓着であったのが、おもな源因になっているのでしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
一度いい出した私は、いくら顔を見られても、それに頓着などはしていられません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あるいはそうなのかも知れませんが、おそらくその従妹に無頓着であったのが、おもな源因になっているのでしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
一度いい出した私は、いくら顔を見られても、それに頓着などはしていられません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha