屯 means “be stationed, garrison”

とん · ton

Also: barracks, police station, camp, ton

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): たむろ
On'yomi (Chinese reading): トン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 4 strokes

The story

The Shuowen reads 屯 as a sprout (屮) pushing up through the ground, its root bent with the struggle. Today it is troops massed in one spot: they are 駐屯, stationed, at a 駐屯地, and teens loitering outside a convenience store たむろする, sometimes written 屯する.

Used in 駐屯 (chuuton, stationing of troops), 駐屯地 (chuutonchi, army base/garrison), and 屯田兵 (tondenhei, soldier-settlers)

屯 means “be stationed, garrison”

The story

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