屯 (tún) is a Chinese character meaning “to station or garrison (troops)”. It is written from 一 (one) and 屮 (sprout; young plant), and takes 4 strokes.
Build the character for “village; to station troops”
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Structure
一 + 屮
Overlapping structure
Structure from: Unicode U+5C6E; 现代字形拆分候选，已对照 hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 的四笔笔画几何核验
Memory aid
A sprout (屮) pushes upward and runs straight into a hard line of ground (一) — it has to force its way through and settle in.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
4 strokes
In real words
- 屯子tún zivillage屯 = tún
- 屯兵tún bīngto station troops屯 = tún
Go deeper
All readings
village; to station
to station or garrison (troops); to store up; village, hamlet (common in northern place names)
驻扎；储存。也指村庄，多见于北方地名。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 屯子tún zivillage屯 = tún
- 屯兵tún bīngto station troops屯 = tún
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 屯 mean?
屯 (tún) means to station or garrison (troops); to store up; village, hamlet (common in northern place names).
How do you pronounce 屯?
It is pronounced tún.
What parts is 屯 made of?
一 (one) and 屮 (sprout; young plant). The recorded source is: Unicode U+5C6E; 现代字形拆分候选，已对照 hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 的四笔笔画几何核验. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 屯 have?
4. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 屯?
屮. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 屯?
Common ones are 屯子 and 屯兵. The reading of 屯 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.