tūn

to swallow; to take

Radical: 口 HSK 6 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

吞 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 吞

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 吞.

云吞
yún tūn
侵吞
qīn tūn
吞吃
tūn chī
吞吐
tūn tǔ
吞咽
tūn yàn
吞噬
tūn shì
吞声
tūn shēng
吞并
tūn bìng
吞拿
tūn ná
吞服
tūn fú
吞没
tūn mò
吞灭
tūn miè

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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