둔

둔 U+B454, 둔 HANGUL SYLLABLE DUN Composition: ㄷ + ㅜ + ㄴ ← 둓 [U+B453] Hangul Syllables 둕 → [U+B455]

두둑둒둓둔둕둖 둗둘둙둚둛둜둝 둞둟둠둡둢둣둤 둥둦둧둨둩둪둫
됴 ←	→ 둬

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tu(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [둔(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dun
McCune–Reischauer?	tun
Yale Romanization?	twūn

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 屯.

Noun

둔 • (dun) (hanja 屯)

1. (military) stationed camp
2. (divination) third hexagram of the I Ching

   Synonym: 둔괘(屯卦) (dun'gwae)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi धुन (dhun, “melody, tune; dhun”).

Noun

둔 • (dun) (music)

1. dhun (Indian classical music)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 鈍.

Root

둔 • (dun) (hanja 鈍)

1. Root of 둔하다 (dunhada, “slow-witted, dull”). Rarely used alone.

Etymology 4

See 돈 (don) for more information.

Noun

둔 • (dun)

1. Seoul and Chungcheong form of 돈 (don, “money”)
   • 1979 October 31, 차인환 [chainhwan], “배짱만큼 얻은 벼슬 [baejjangmankeum eodeun byeoseul]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 충청남도 당진군 당진읍 (현 당진시) [chungcheongnamdo dangjin'gun dangjineup (hyeon dangjinsi)]:

     벼슬을 허구 싶어서 이렇게 왔는디 둔은 있오.

     Byeoseur-eul heo-gu sipeoseo ireoke wanneun-di dun-eun iss-o.

     I came here to become a government official but I have money.

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

둔 • (dun)

1. past determiner of 두다 (duda)

Etymology 6

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

둔 • (dun)

More information

1. 屯:

   (MC reading: 屯 (MC trwin|dwon))

2. 窀:

   (MC reading: 窀 (MC trwin|dwon|drwean))

3. 臀:

   (MC reading: 臀 (MC dwon))

4. 芚:

   (MC reading: 芚 (MC dwon))

5. 迍:

   (MC reading: 迍 (MC trwin))

6. 遁:

   (MC reading: 遁 (MC dwonX|dwonH))

7. 遯:

   (MC reading: 遯 (MC dwonX|dwonH))

8. 鈍:

   (MC reading: 鈍 (MC dwonH))