饨 meaning and stroke order
Stuffed dumplings
How to write 饨, stroke by stroke
7 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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Meaning of 饨
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- used in 餛飩|馄饨[hun2 tun5]
- Taiwan pr. [dun4]
How 饨 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Food.
饣 gives the meaning and 屯 hints at the sound.
Radical: 饣 (food), shared by 43 characters on this site.
How to remember 饨
The food radical 饣 on the left tells you it is something to eat, and 屯 (tún) on the right gives the sound. Picture little parcels of food stored up, the way 屯 suggests gathering things together, and you have wontons.
饨 almost never appears alone. It lives inside the word 馄饨 (húntun), meaning wontons served in soup. Example: 我想吃一碗馄饨。(Wǒ xiǎng chī yì wǎn húntun.) I want to eat a bowl of wontons.
Common mistake: Learners often write 屯 as 吨 (dūn) or mix 饨 up with 钝 (dùn, blunt), which has the metal radical 钅 instead of the food radical 饣. In 馄饨 the second syllable is usually said with a neutral tone (húntun), not a full second tone.
Common words with 饨
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 馄饨 | húntun | wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup); Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5] |
Questions about 饨
How many strokes are in 饨?
饨 is written with 7 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 饨 mean?
饨 (tún) means stuffed dumplings. A common word with it is 馄饨 (húntun), meaning "wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup); Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5]".
How do you pronounce 饨?
饨 is pronounced tún, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 饨?
The radical of 饨 is 饣, which carries the idea of "food". Dictionaries list 饨 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 饨?
The traditional form of 饨 is 飩. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 饨 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 馄饨 and 饺子?
馄饨 (húntun) have thin wrappers and are usually served in broth. 饺子 (jiǎozi) have thicker wrappers, a crescent shape, and are often eaten without soup, dipped in vinegar.
How is 馄饨 pronounced in Taiwan?
In Taiwan the standard reading is hún dùn, with 饨 read as dùn. In mainland Mandarin it is húntun, with 饨 in the neutral tone.