둔

둔 U+B454, 둔 HANGUL SYLLABLE DUN Composition: ㄷ + ㅜ + ㄴ ← 둓 [U+B453] Hangul Syllables 둕 → [U+B455]

두둑둒둓둔둕둖 둗둘둙둚둛둜둝 둞둟둠둡둢둣둤 둥둦둧둨둩둪둫
됴 ←	→ 둬

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tu(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [둔(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dun
McCune–Reischauer?	tun
Yale Romanization?	twūn

Etymology 1

See 돈 (don) for more information.

Noun

둔 • (dun)

1. Seoul and Chungcheong form of 돈 (don, “money”)
   • 1979 October 31, 차인환 [chainhwan], “배짱만큼 얻은 벼슬 [baejjangmankeum eodeun byeoseul]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 충청남도 당진군 당진읍 (현 당진시) [chungcheongnamdo dangjin'gun dangjineup (hyeon dangjinsi)]:

     벼슬을 허구 싶어서 이렇게 왔는디 둔은 있오.

     Byeoseur-eul heo-gu sipeoseo ireoke wanneun-di dun-eun iss-o.

     I came here to become a government official but I have money.

Etymology 2

Modern pronunciation of various Chinese characters.

Noun

둔 • (dun)

1. (屯) fort, camp
2. (鈍) dullness, bluntness
3. (臀) buttocks, hip

Antonyms

• 둑 (duk) dike, embankment

Derived terms

• 둔덕 (dundeok): smooth hill
• 둔치 (dunchi): dune, sand dune
• 둔각 (鈍角, dun'gak): blunt angle
• 둔부 (臀部, dunbu): buttocks

See also

• 두둑 (duduk) embankment, levee, ridge (of farms)
• 두덩 (dudeong) embankment, levee, ridge (of farms), swell (of eyes, pubes, etc.)
• 두렁 (dureong) embankment, levee, ridge (of farms)

Verb

둔 • (dun) (past determinative of 두다, hangeul 둔)

1. Having put, left, etc.
2. Having been put, left, etc.