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吞

tūn

HSK 3.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

tūn · tan1 (Jyutping)

  1. to swallow
  2. to take

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

吞

Meaning
swallow; absorb, annex, engulf
Radical
口
Strokes
7
Components
⿱天口
Cangjie
HKR
Four-corner
2060.3

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

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