Measure word
- 顿 dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings... attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation 
Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
然
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Bronze script 春秋早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 9 forms
后
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 10 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他潜进水里，然后又浮上水来换气。
He dived into the water and came up for air.
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在Tatoeba，你必须总是倾听资深成员。他们会告诉你什么不能做，以及为什么。然后你去做。
In Tatoeba, you gotta always listen to veteran members. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.
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我到柜台拿了钥匙，然后就乘电梯去了我房间的楼层。
After asking for my key at the front desk, I took the elevator to my floor.
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我把鞋脱了，然后将它们放在床下。
I took my shoes off and put them under the bed.
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深呼吸，然后放松。
Take a deep breath and then relax.
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狄马一晚和二十五个男人睡了觉，然后就把他们杀掉了。
Dima slept with 25 men in one night and then killed them.