jù
crouch
To sit 居 on one's feet 足; 居 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 踞
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to occupy illegally | ||
to be perched high | ||
to squat | ||
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain | ||
squat |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3651st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+8E1E |
Shuowen | “踞，蹲也。从足，居聲。” |
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