dūn
squat
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 尊 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 蹲
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to crouch | ||
(dialect) taking a crap | ||
to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait) | ||
squat | ||
pratfall |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 9.1783% of movies
2007th most common character in movies
2497th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 19 |
Unicode | U+8E72 |
Shuowen | “蹲，踞也。从足，尊聲。” |
Sources
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