屯

tún = tu + (e)n2

to station (soldiers) / to store up / village

屯

zhu̅n = zhu + (e)n1

difficult / stingy

屯 = 一 + 凵 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: a trident (屯).

屯 character breakdown

屯
- 一
- 乚
- 凵

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

乚

yà = y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚).

Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

凵

kǎn = k + an3

receptacle

Mnemonic symbol: receptacle as in wall plug.

Karl Marx (k) wants to recharge his phone in the anthill's living room (an3), but he can't find a receptacle (凵).

Characters with 屯 as component

村

邨

cu̅n = cu + (e)n1

variant of 村[cun1]

村 = 寸 + 木 : Kitty Cat is for a sightseeing tour in Beijing and sees a Christmas tree in front of the encampment. This makes her think "thumps up" as it reminds her of her village, where these trees are grown.

吨

噸

du̅n = du + (e)n1

ton (loanword) / Taiwan pr. [dun4]

吨 = 口 + 屯 : Doggy Dog (du) is burying a ton (吨) of mandarins (口) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). He dug a huge hole and is using a trident (屯) to shove the mandarins into the hole.

炖

燉

dùn = du + (e)n4

to stew

炖 = 火 + 屯 : Doggy Dog (du) is cooking a stew (炖) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). He put a fire (火) below the bathtub and stirs the stew slowly with a trident (屯).

盹

dǔn = du + (e)n3

doze / nap

盹 = 目 + 屯 : The Eye of Providence (目) wants to nap (盹) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3), but Doggy Dog (du) keeps sticking a trident (屯) in its eye because he wants to go for a walk.

顿

頓

dùn = du + (e)n4

to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

顿 = 屯 + 页 : Day in, day out Doggy Dog is picking up paper in the encampment with a trident. Right now he's having a break in the encampment's bathroom, his trident leaning to the wall, with a piece of paper sticking to the trident's middle dent (屯). It's very hot, so Doggy Dog takes one of the sheets of paper he picked up and fans himself some fresh air.

纯

純

chún = chu + (e)n2

pure / simple / unmixed / genuine

纯 = 屯 + 纟 : Chantal Chicken (chu) is hunting for food in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), and she just picked up a silk worm (纟) with her trident (屯). It would be the perfect meal for her, but the silk worm is trying to persuade her to go vegan (纯).

邨

cu̅n = cu + (e)n1

surname Cun

鲀

魨

tún = tu + (e)n2

pufferfish (family Tetraodontidae)

钝

鈍

dùn = du + (e)n4

blunt / stupid

沌