The Japanese Radical: 屯


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Meaning
barracks    屯

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 2Joyo 6
genuine, purity, innocence
JUN
Left: thread 糸, right: barracks 屯 (Where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
(The uniform is tidy.) The threads in the barracks are in genuine purity.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
barracks, camp, gather, assemble
TON
A variation of grass 艹 and a further sprout 乚, as also shown in 屮
(On fertile ground:) Where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
stupid, dull, foolish, slow, blunt
nibui/ru, DON
Left: gold/metal 金, right: barracks/camp 屯 (On fertile soil, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
If you take gold into the barracks, you are stupid and dull.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
suddenly
TON
Left: barracks 屯 (On fertile soil, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.), right: head 頁
In the barracks, they need a head - suddenly!  

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