トン

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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usually written using kana alone

Primarily refers to the metric ton (1000 kg). In Japanese, トン is the standard unit of weight for large masses.

This truck can carry up to 4 tons.

年ねん間かんの二に酸さん化か炭たん素そ排はい出しゅつ量りょうは数すう百ひゃく万まんトンに達たっする。

Annual carbon dioxide emissions reach millions of tonnes.

〈数かず〉トンa given number of tons/tonnes
このトラックは最さい大だい10トンまで積つめる。
This truck can carry up to 10 tons.
〈物もの〉が〈数かず〉トンあるsomething weighs a certain number of tons
このクジラは体たい重じゅうが30トンある。
This whale weighs 30 tons.

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屯とん食じき
egg-shaped glutinous rice ball (Heian, Kamakura periods); tray or container for serving rice balls
載さい貨か屯とん数すう
deadweight tonnage

トンUsage98%
Standard katakana spelling for the unit of weight; usually written in kana.
屯とんUsage2%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
噸とんUsage<1%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.

Borrowed from English 'ton' or 'tonne', written in katakana as トン. The ateji kanji forms 屯, 噸, and 瓲 are historical and rarely used today.

瓲とん

ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form

Ateji kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.