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barracks
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingトン
Kun readingたむろ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. barracksRtK
    壬生新選組屯所跡The site of Shinsen-gumi military post at Mibuwiki
    陸上自衛隊桂駐屯地The Katsura military station of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forcewiki
  2. police station
  3. camp
  4. ton
  1. ton (esp. a metric ton, i.e. 1000 kg)
  2. tonne

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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earthworm · drop (丶) · shovel · fishhook

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2189

Compound words

駐屯ちゅうとん
stationing (troops); garrisoning
屯営とんえい
military camp
屯所とんしょ
military station
屯田とんでん
colonization
仏屯ふつトン
metric ton
駐屯所ちゅうとんじょ
military station
駐屯地ちゅうとんち
garrison
屯田兵とんでんへい
agricultural soldiers
屯服薬とんぷくやく
dose of medicine to be taken only once
載貨屯数さいかとんすう
deadweight tonnage

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4 strokes

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