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頓 means 'suddenly'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2161   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-41    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 23 words   Used in 29 words   Used in 80 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   トン
On    トツ
Kun    にわか   とん   つまず   とみ   ぬかずく
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 頓 - click the badge to download
Learn to say, "I didn't have the slightest idea what they were talking about." That might be your experience if you hear とみに, やがて, ひたと, and ひたすら without having read this essay. It investigates those adverbs, as well as sudden movements and motionlessness (what a huge range!), wit and idiocy (another big range!), Dotonbori in Osaka, setbacks, tidiness, indifference, and much more.
The essay is also included in the following Thematic Bundles
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Rate of Change
徐 漸 頓 勃
This bundle presents life at a range of speeds. Two essays focus on gradual change—for better and for worse—in everything from health to the economy. By contrast, three essays touch on sudden developments, including the outbreak of war, a surge of energy, the rapid rise of subcultures, getting an erection, standing up abruptly, bursts of wit, quick enlightenment, and sudden death. Tying these extremes together, 頓 runs the gamut; when it means "to stay in place" or "stop," this kanji involves setbacks and stalemates, but as "sudden" it pops up in words for wild, crazy behavior.
⿰   barracks   page  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 頓 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 頓 is used 25 times, read 2 ways.
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orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
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とみ : 1 word FIND ALL
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suddenly; all at once; rapidly
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An additional 4 less common words include 頓 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 2081  Key to Kanji:

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トン    suddenly   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
トン    barracks   
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sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
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