鈍

简 钝 · 繁 鈍
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdeon6

Meanings

  1. blunt
  2. stupid
  3. obtuse
  4. dull
  5. flat
  6. dull-witted
  7. pointless
  8. inactivation
  9. awkward
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Same syllable, six tones

deon敦deon1kindhearteddeon2—deon3—deon4—deon5—顿deon6to stop

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 鈍 dùn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinblunt; stupid

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: dun4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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deon6

Cantonese word readings for 鈍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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character

  1. dull; blunt; not sharp
  2. dull-witted; dim-witted; slow-witted; stupid
  3. (Northern Wu) to satirise; to mock; to disparage
  4. a surname, Dun

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Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source record & identity鈍 钝 [dun4] {deon6} /blunt/stupid/obtuse/dull/flat/dull-witted/pointless/inactivation/awkward/ # adapted from cc-cedict

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