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臀

tún

buttocks

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 殿 represents the sound. Originally written as 𡱒, which depicted a a person (尸) with their buttocks (𠂤) emphasized.

Components
殿 sound component

殿  Sound component

diàn

  

hall

⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

Evolution

臀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
臀 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
臀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
臀 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
臀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

臀  

tún

buttocks; butt

臀 (臋) 

tún

old variant of 臀[tún]

Most common words with 臀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

臀部

butt

臀

butt

臀围

hip measurement

臀鳍

anal fin

臀尖

pork rump

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.5262% of movies

2315th most common character in movies

3199th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+81C0

Shuowen

“，髀也。从尸下丌居几。”


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