敦

dūn
#1,720 most
frequent character
kindhearted, place name

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

敦 has 享 dūn for sound and 攵, a hand with a whip, for meaning. It first meant to attack or compel. Later it was borrowed by sound to mean honest or sincere.

Drawn as: hand holding whip

敦 as a component in other characters

sound6 characters

Ask DeepSeek

Your word lists

Sign in to add this word to your private lists.