Taxonomy of meanings for 屯:　　

  • 屯 tún (OC: duun MC: duon) 徒渾切 平 廣韻：【聚也又姓後蜀録有法部尚書屯度徒渾切二十二 】
    • ALL
      • vadVquantifierdialect word, rare: each
    • BATTALION
      • n"platoon" of five soldiers
    • CAMP
      • nmilitary colony; defensive garrison
      • nadNbelonging to a defensive garrison
    • DEFEND
      • vtoNN=placeencamp at to defend the place; establish a garrison at
      • viestablish a defensive military camp
    • DIFFICULT
      • vidifficult
      <delendum> > > zhūn
    • DWELL
      • vt+prep+Nbe encamped at
    • MEET
      • viprocessgather (as clouds or whirlwinds)
      • vtoNassemble together
      • vttoN1.+N2N2=placeassemble N2 at a place N2
      <delendum> > >GATHER
      • SEND
        • vtoNcausativecause/order/send to act as a defensive garrison soldier
      • STOP
        • vtoNstop (soldiers, horses etc, often for the night);
      • GATHER
        • TILL
        • VILLAGE
          • MOUNTAIN
            • HARBOUR
              • BLOCK
                • SURNAMES
                  • NOMINAL MEASURE WORDS
                  • 屯 zhūn (OC: tun MC: ʈʷin) 陟綸切 平 廣韻：【難也厚也陟綸切又徒渾切四 】
                  • lǔ kāng gōngRULERS OF LU
                    • NPprStandard Name: Duke Kāng of Lǔ 魯康公 (Reigned 352-344) Personal Name: Zhūn 屯 Unger no. 269

                  Additional information about 屯

                  說文解字: 【屯】，難也。象艸木之初生， 〔小徐本「生」下有「也」字。〕 屯然而難。从屮貫一，一，地也。尾曲。《易》曰：屯剛柔始，交而難生。 【陟倫切】

                    Criteria
                  • CAMP

                    1. The current general word for a temporary army camp is jūn 軍, and for an army to encamp is to jùn 軍.

                    2. Yíng 營 refers to a more permanent military camp with defenses.

                    3. Tún 屯 refers to a defended military settlement of a permanent or semi-permanent kind, a garrison, often on the borders.