饨 (tún): (in 馄饨) wonton

Meanings

冬天来一碗热馄饨最舒服。

Dōngtiān lái yìwǎn rè húntun zuì shūfu.

A bowl of hot wonton soup is the most comforting thing in winter.

她正在厨房里包馄饨。

Tā zhèngzài chúfáng lǐ bāo húntun.

She is wrapping wontons in the kitchen.

usage

饨 only occurs in 馄饨 (wonton), where it is normally read toneless as "tun". There is no standalone use of this character.

radical

饣 shízìpáng

food; eat (radical form)

Left-side food radical, the side form of 食. It marks the character as an edible item, pairing with 馄 to make the dish 馄饨.

phonetic

屯 tún

to store; village (here phonetic)

Right side 屯 supplies the sound tún exactly, with no drift. It is purely the phonetic element here.

饨 tún