蹲

蹲 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一廿田戈 (RMTWI), four-corner 6814₆, composition ⿰𧾷尊)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1233, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1705, character 42
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3741, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8E72

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zuːn): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn) – to sit.

蹲

1. to squat; to crouch
2. (figurative) to stay (somewhere); to remain idle (in a place)

   蹲監獄／蹲监狱  ―  dūn jiānyù  ―  to be imprisoned

3. (regional or dialectal) to live; to live in

   伊小辰光垃上海讀書個，必過現在蹲垃北京。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   伊小辰光垃上海读书个，必过现在蹲垃北京。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶yi ⁵shiau-zen₆-kuaon₁ ⁸laq ⁶zaon-he₅ ⁸doq-sy₁-gheq₈ ⁷piq-ku₅ ⁶yi-ze₆ ¹ten-laq₈ ⁷poq-cin₁ [Wugniu]

   He used to study in Shanghai when he was young, but he now lives in Beijing.

4. (regional or dialectal, by extention) to be at

   衣裳蹲垃牀浪。 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]

   ¹i-zaon₆ ¹ten-laq₈ ⁶zaon-laon₆ [Wugniu]

   The clothes are on the bed.

5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sit

• (to squat):

• (to stay):

• (to live in):

蹲

1. (dialectal) to sprain one's leg by landing abruptly

蹲

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Only used in 蹲蹲 (“dancing rhythmically”).

蹲

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to gather; to assemble

蹲

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 躦 / 躜 (zuān), only used in 蹲𧿙.

蹲

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Only used in 蹲循 and 蹲節／蹲节.

• “蹲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “蹲”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 57.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ぞん (zon)
• Kan-on: そん (son)
• On: しゅん (shun)
• Kun: つくばう (tsukubau, 蹲う)、つくばい (tsukubai, 蹲)、うずくまる (uzukumaru, 蹲る)

• “蹲”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

蹲 (eum 준 (jun))

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蹲: Hán Nôm readings: đôn, tôn

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