Chinese symbol for “stew”
炖
dùn
Traditional: 燉
to stew
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stew is 炖 (dùn), defined as: to stew.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stew”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杂烩 (雜燴) | zá huì | a stew; (fig.) a disparate collection |
| 炖煮 (燉煮) | dùn zhǔ | to stew |
| 炖菜 (燉菜) | dùn cài | a stew |
| 肉羹 | ròu gēng | stew; bouillon |
| 焖 (燜) | mèn | to cook in a covered vessel; to casserole |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炖肉 (燉肉) | dùn ròu | to stew meat; stewed meat |
| 炖煮 (燉煮) | dùn zhǔ | to stew |
| 炖菜 (燉菜) | dùn cài | a stew |
| 清炖 (清燉) | qīng dùn | to stew meat without seasoning |
| 炖锅 (燉鍋) | dùn guō | stew pot; stew pan |
| 炖饭 (燉飯) | dùn fàn | risotto |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stew”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.