qūn
to dawdle
Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 允 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[tsʰ]u[r] | tshwin | qūn | to run; to squat (Shuōwén) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+590B |
Shuowen | “夋,行夋夋也。一曰倨也。从夂,允聲。” |
Sources
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