懂中文 Dong Chinese

吨

dūn

metric ton

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 屯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 噸.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

屯 sound component

屯  Sound component

tún, zhūn

  

village

Evolution

吨 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
吨 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

吨 (噸) 

dūn

ton (metric or English); ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dùn]

Most common words with 吨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吨

ton (loanword)

吨位

tonnage

公吨

ton

吨公里

ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)

总吨位

overall tonnage (of a shipping fleet or company)