噸 = 口 + 頓

噸 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “ton (metric or english)”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 頓 (pause).

Keyword: ton (metric or english)
Pinyin (Mandarin): dūn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: тон (метрический или английский)
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 噸 ton

Decomposition

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口 mouth
頓 pause

How to find 噸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “pause”. 噸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 噸 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.