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CHINESE CHARACTER

dūn

蹲

蹲

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stay

Numbered pinyin
dun1
English meanings
squat on heels, stay

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 足; right 尊.

  • Left

    足
  • Right

    尊
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    • Top

      酋
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      • Top

        丷
      • Bottom

        酉
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        • First part

          兀
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        • Second part

          日
    • Bottom

      寸

Meaning & sound clues

足 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “foot”.

尊 is identified as the sound component (zūn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 蹲.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰足尊

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

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Example sentences

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  1. 01

    dūn蹲xià下。

    Squat down.

  2. 02

    dūn蹲zhe着。

    Crouching.

  3. 03

    dūn蹲jiǔ久le了。

    Squatting too long.

  4. 04

    dūn蹲xiàlai下来。

    Crouch down.

  5. 05

    dūn蹲zài在ménkǒu门口。

    Crouch by the door.

  6. 06

    dūn蹲zài在dìshang地上。

    Squat on the ground.

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