dūn

squat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

尊 sound component

  Sound component

zūn

  

respect

Evolution

蹲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dūn

squat, crouch; idle about; to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)

Most common words with 蹲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to crouch

蹲点

(dialect) taking a crap

蹲伏

to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)

蹲踞

squat

屁股蹲儿

pratfall