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

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

旧时农民用苇子编粮囤。

Jiùshí 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.