蹲

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

References edit

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

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

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 edit

trad.		蹲
simp. ^#		蹲
2nd round simp.		𧿬
alternative forms		𥖁蹬

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dūn, cún (dun¹, cun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣ, ㄘㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeon¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): dun¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): dun¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tun / chun

(Teochew, Peng'im): dung¹ / ceng⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹ten

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: zeon¹
  - Yale: jēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tun³³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tun⁴⁴/
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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dung¹ / ceng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tung / tshṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ³³/, /t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹ten
  - MiniDict: ten^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ten
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tən⁵³/

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 edit

蹲

to squat; to crouch
(figurative) to stay (somewhere); to remain idle (in a place)
蹲監獄／蹲监狱 ― dūn jiānyù ― to be imprisoned
^† to sit

Synonyms edit

(to squat):

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蹲
Mandarin	Beijing	蹲
	Taiwan	蹲
	Jinan	跍堆, 跍蹲, 蹲
	Xi'an	趷蹴, 蹴, 蹲
	Wuhan	跍
	Chengdu	跍
	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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蹲

(to stay):

停 (tíng)
停留 (tíngliú)
勾留 (gōuliú)
盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán)
逗 (dòu)
逗留 (dòuliú)
逋留 (būliú) (literary)
駐／驻 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad.		蹲
simp. ^#		蹲

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cún (cun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeon¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): tun³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cun²
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cung⁵

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: zeon¹
  - Yale: jēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: tun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰun²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cun²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions edit

蹲

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

Etymology 3 edit

trad.		蹲
simp. ^#		蹲
alternative forms		壿

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cún (cun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹

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: zeon¹
  - Yale: jēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

Definitions edit

蹲

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

Etymology 4 edit

trad.		蹲
simp. ^#		蹲

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǔn (cun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˇ

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 edit

蹲

^† to gather; to assemble

Etymology 5 edit

trad.		蹲
simp. ^#		蹲

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuān, cuán (zuan¹, cuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄢ, ㄘㄨㄢˊ

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 edit

蹲

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

Etymology 6 edit

trad.		蹲
simp. ^#		蹲

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǔn (qun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣˇ

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 edit

蹲

^† Only used in 蹲循 and 蹲節／蹲节.

Etymology 7 edit

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

References edit

“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–

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

蹲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

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)

Noun edit

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 蹲 – see the following entry.

【蹲踞つくばい】

[noun] tsukubai (small basin used in Buddhist ritual ablution and before the tea ceremony)

(This term, 蹲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

“蹲”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎^[2] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean edit

Hanja edit

蹲 (eum 준 (jun))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

蹲: Hán Nôm readings: đôn, tôn

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References edit

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