Chinese symbol for “ton”
吨
dūn
Traditional: 噸
ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dun4]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ton is 吨 (dūn), defined as: ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dun4].
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ton”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公吨 (公噸) | gōng dūn | ton; metric ton |
| 吨位 (噸位) | dūn wèi | tonnage |
| 吨级 (噸級) | dūn jí | tonnage; class in tons (of a passenger ship) |
| 千吨 (千噸) | qiān dūn | kiloton |
| 百万吨 (百萬噸) | bǎi wàn dūn | megaton; million tons |
| 总吨位 (總噸位) | zǒng dūn wèi | overall tonnage (of a shipping fleet or company) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ton”.
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.