屯
tún , zhūn · HSK 7
to store up
🏕️🌾 Soldiers station to store grain at the village; tún also means a tough, hard spot.
屯 — sprout breaking through ground 一
屯 is a pictograph showing a young plant struggling to push up through the soil, with the horizontal stroke representing the ground. Its original sense was 'difficult, hard to sprout,' which extended to 'gather, encamp, station troops' (tún), as soldiers settle in one spot like a rooted plant.