馄 meaning and stroke order
Dumpling soup; wonton
How to write 馄, stroke by stroke
11 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 馄
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- used in 餛飩|馄饨[hun2 tun5] and 餛燉|馄炖[hun2 dun4]
How 馄 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Food.
饣 gives the meaning and 昆 hints at the sound.
Radical: 饣 (food), shared by 43 characters on this site.
How to remember 馄
The food radical 饣 on the left tells you this is something to eat, and 昆 (kūn) on the right gives the sound hún. Picture a little food parcel that sounds like 昆, and you have the wonton.
馄 almost never appears alone. It lives in the word 馄饨 (húntun), meaning wonton, often served in a light soup. Example: 我早饭吃了一碗馄饨。(Wǒ zǎofàn chī le yì wǎn húntun.) I had a bowl of wontons for breakfast.
Common mistake: Learners often write 混 (hùn, to mix) instead of 馄 because they sound alike. Remember that the wonton takes the food radical 饣, not the water radical 氵. In 馄饨 the second syllable is usually said in the neutral tone as húntun, though in Taiwan you will hear hún dùn.
Common words with 馄
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 馄
How many strokes are in 馄?
馄 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 馄 mean?
馄 (hún) means dumpling soup; wonton. A common word with it is 馄饨 (húntun), meaning "wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup); Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5]".
How do you pronounce 馄?
馄 is pronounced hún, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 馄?
The radical of 馄 is 饣, which carries the idea of "food". Dictionaries list 馄 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 馄?
The traditional form of 馄 is 餛. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 馄 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is a 馄饨 the same as a 饺子 (jiǎozi)?
No. Both are dumplings, but 馄饨 usually have thinner wrappers and less filling and are mostly served in soup. 饺子 are thicker and often boiled and eaten with a dipping sauce.
Is the English word wonton related to 馄饨?
Yes. Wonton comes from the Cantonese pronunciation of the same word, which is why it sounds different from Mandarin húntun.