邨 meaning and stroke order
Village, hamlet; rustic
How to write 邨, stroke by stroke
6 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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How 邨 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. A rustic 屯 town 阝; 阝 also provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 阝 (place), shared by 160 characters on this site.
How to remember 邨
On the left is 屯 (tún), which means to gather or station people. On the right is 阝, the town side. Put them together and you get people gathered into a small rustic settlement, a village.
邨 is an old variant of 村 (cūn), village. In mainland Chinese today you will mostly see it in names, especially Hong Kong public housing estates and older place names. Example: 我住在石硤尾邨。(Wǒ zhù zài Shíxiámǎi Cūn.) I live in Shek Kip Mei Estate.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read 邨 as tún because of the 屯 on the left. It is pronounced cūn, the same as 村. Also, do not use 邨 in everyday writing for "village". Use 村, as in 农村 (nóngcūn), countryside.
Questions about 邨
How many strokes are in 邨?
邨 is written with 6 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 邨 mean?
邨 (cūn) means village, hamlet; rustic.
How do you pronounce 邨?
邨 is pronounced cūn, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 邨?
The radical of 邨 is 阝, which carries the idea of "place". Dictionaries list 邨 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 邨?
邨 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 村, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 邨 and 村?
They share the same sound and meaning, village. 村 is the standard everyday form. 邨 is an older variant that survives mainly in proper names.
Why do Hong Kong housing estates use 邨?
Many Hong Kong public housing estates have 邨 in their official names, such as 華富邨. In that setting it is read as "estate" rather than a rural village.