蹲

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
尊	*ʔsuːn
樽	*ʔsuːn
罇	*ʔsuːn
嶟	*ʔsuːn, *ʔsun
繜	*ʔsuːn
撙	*ʔsuːnʔ
噂	*ʔsuːnʔ
譐	*ʔsuːnʔ
僔	*ʔsuːnʔ
蹲	*zuːn
鱒	*zuːnʔ, *zuːns
鐏	*zuːns
遵	*ʔsun
鷷	*ʔsun, *zun
墫	*sʰun
竴	*sʰun

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

Etymology 1

trad.		蹲
simp. #		蹲
alternative forms		𧿬 second round simplified

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūn, cún (dun¹, cun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣ, ㄘㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ / deon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tun / chun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dun
    • Wade–Giles: tun¹
    • Yale: dwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duen
    • Palladius: дунь (dunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cún
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cún
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun²
    • Yale: tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswen
    • Palladius: цунь (cunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ / deon¹
    • Yale: chyùhn / dēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ / doen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ / dên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/, /tɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tun
    • Tâi-lô: tun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tun³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun
    • Tâi-lô: tsun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzwon

Rime
Character	蹲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徂尊切
Baxter	dzwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuən/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuon/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwən/
Li Rong	/d͡zuən/
Wang Li	/d͡zuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zuːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹲
Reading #	1/1
No.	17993
Phonetic component	尊
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	存
Old Chinese	/*zuːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蹲

1. ^† to sit
2. to squat
3. to stay (somewhere)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蹲 (“to squat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蹲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蹲
	Taiwan	蹲
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	跍堆, 跍蹲, 蹲
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	趷蹴, 蹴, 蹲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跍
	Wuhan	跍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蹲
	Hefei	蹲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	踎
	Hong Kong	踎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	踎
	Macau	踎
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	踎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	䟵
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	踎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	踎
	Foshan	踎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	踎
	Foshan (Shunde)	踎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	踎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	踎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	踎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	踎
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	踎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	踎
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	踎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	踎
	Taishan	踎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	踎
	Enping (Niujiang)	踎
	Heshan (Yayao)	踎
	Dongguan	踎, 冬
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	踎
	Yangjiang	踎
	Nanning	踎
	Yulin	踎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	踎
Gan	Nanchang	跍, 蹲
Hakka	Meixian	蹲, 𨁏
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	跍
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跍
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	踎
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	跍
	Jiexi	跍
	Changting	𨁏
	Ninghua	𨁏
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	跍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	跍
	Hong Kong	跍
	Senai (Huiyang)	跍
Jin	Taiyuan	圪蹴, 蹲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	跍嚕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蹲, 跍
Southern Min	Xiamen	跍
	Quanzhou	跍
	Zhangzhou	跍
	Taipei	跍
	Kaohsiung	跍
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跍
	Manila (Hokkien)	跍
	Chaozhou	跍
	Shantou	跍
	Jieyang	跍
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	跍
	Leizhou	跍
Wu	Shanghai	跍, 蹲
	Suzhou	蹲, 伏
	Wenzhou	𧺤, 彎
Xiang	Changsha	跍
	Shuangfeng	蹲

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cún (cun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cún
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cún
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun²
    • Yale: tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswen
    • Palladius: цунь (cunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蹲

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

Etymology 3

trad.		蹲
simp. #		蹲
alternative forms		墫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cún (cun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cún
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cún
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun²
    • Yale: tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswen
    • Palladius: цунь (cunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴
    • Yale: chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蹲

1. ^† Only used in 蹲蹲 (“dancing rhythmically”).

Etymology 4

trad.		蹲
simp. #		蹲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǔn (cun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǔn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun³
    • Yale: tswǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsoen
    • Palladius: цунь (cunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蹲

1. ^† to gather; to assemble

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuān, cuán (zuan¹, cuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄢ, ㄘㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuan
    • Wade–Giles: tsuan¹
    • Yale: dzwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuan
    • Palladius: цзуань (czuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻuan²
    • Yale: tswán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswan
    • Palladius: цуань (cuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯än³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蹲

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 躦／躜 (zuān), only used in 蹲𧿙.

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔn (qun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻün³
    • Yale: chyǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheun
    • Palladius: цюнь (cjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蹲

1. ^† Only used in 蹲循 and 蹲節／蹲节.

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 蹲 – see 鷷 (“pheasant”). (This character is a variant form of 鷷).

References

• “蹲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

蹲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そん (son); 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)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蹲
つくばい Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

See 蹲踞(つくばい) (tsukubai).

Noun

蹲(つくばい) • (tsukubai) ^{←つくばひ (tukubafi)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 蹲踞

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Korean

Hanja

蹲 (eum 준 (jun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

蹲: Hán Nôm readings: đôn, tôn

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References

• Nom Foundation