囤 (dùn): a large bin or silo for storing…

Meanings

1 a large bin or silo for storing grain

Characters

囤

dùn

a large bin or silo for storing grain

Examples

院子里的粮囤都装满了。

Yuànzi lǐ de liáng dùn dōu zhuāngmǎn le.

The grain bins in the courtyard were all full.

旧时农民用苇子编粮囤。

Jiù shí nóngmín yòng wěizi biān liáng dùn.

In the old days, farmers wove grain bins out of reeds and twigs.

Tips

usage

Read dùn when it means the physical container, a woven or built bin for grain, as in 粮囤. The verb 'to hoard' is the other reading, tún.

Components

radical

囗 wéi

enclosure

The big enclosure radical wraps the inside, picturing a storage pen or granary that holds goods. Its strokes split across the order: the top and left frame first, the bottom line last after the inner element is written. Same enclosure family as 国 and 园.

phonetic

屯 tún

to gather; to station

Inside 屯 supplies the sound — tún with no shift in the verb reading. Its own 'to gather, mass together' sense also reinforces the storing meaning, so it doubles as a faint semantic hint.