吞

See also 呑

Translingual

Han character

吞 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一大口 (MKR), four-corner 2060₃)

1. swallow
2. absorb, annex, engulf

References

• KangXi: page 177, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3329
• Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 585, character 4
• Unihan data for U+541E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

吞 (Yale tan1)

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Japanese

Kanji

吞

Readings

• On: どん (don), とん (ton), てん (ten)
• Kun: のむ (nomu)

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Korean

Hanja

吞 (hangeul 탄, revised tan, McCune-Reischauer t'an)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

吞 (pinyin tūn (tun1), Wade-Giles t'un¹)

Compounds

• 吞并
• 吞剥
• 吞吃
• 吞服
• 吞灭
• 吞没
• 吞声
• 吞食
• 吞蚀
• 吞噬
• 吞噬细胞
• 吞吐
• 吞吐量
• 吞咽
• 吞云吐雾
• 吞占
• 吞舟之鱼
• 狼吞虎咽

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Vietnamese

Han character

吞 (thôn, xôn)