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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
屮 一
Mandarin
tun2, zhun1
English
Definitions
difficult; to station (soldiers); stingy; to store up; camp; hamlet; to station soldiers; village
Mnemonic
A sprouting plant 屮 that forces its way through the ground 一
Etymology
Notes
Early forms show leaf above the ground; the meaning of garrison seems to be a homonymous borrowing