鈍 — dun

Parts that make up 鈍

How 鈍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鈍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 屯.

Korean example words with 鈍

• 둔마鈍馬 Korean gloss: 느리고 둔한 말
• 둔화鈍化 Korean gloss: 느리고 무디어짐
• 둔감鈍感 Korean gloss: 무딘 감정이나 감각
• 둔통鈍痛 Korean gloss: 둔하고 무지근하게 느끼는 아픔
• 둔재鈍才 Korean gloss: 둔한 재주. 또는 재주가 둔한 사람
• 둔자鈍者 Korean gloss: 머리가 둔한 사람을 낮잡아 이르는 말
• 둔물鈍物 Korean gloss: 둔한 사람이나 동물을 낮잡아 이르는 말
• 어둔하다語鈍 Korean gloss: 말이 둔하다
• 지둔하다遲鈍 Korean gloss: 굼뜨고 미련하다
• 재둔하다才鈍 Korean gloss: 재주가 무디어 둔하다
• 노둔하다駑鈍 Korean gloss: 둔하고 어리석어 미련하다
• 둔탁하다鈍濁 Korean gloss: 생김새가 거칠고 투박하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 鈍

• 鈍化どんか becoming dull; slowing down
• 鈍感どんかん thickheaded; insensitive; dull
• 鈍いにぶい dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded
• 鈍るにぶる to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable
• 鈍らすにぶらす to blunt; to dull; to weaken
• 鈍器どんき blunt weapon
• 鈍どん dull; slow; stupid
• 鈍行どんこう local train; slow train
• 愚鈍ぐどん stupid; dim-witted; dense
• 鈍角どんかく obtuse angle
• 鈍間のろま blockhead; dunce; dimwit
• 鈍重どんじゅう thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic

Characters sharing the phonetic 屯

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “둔”

Other hanja with radical 金