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蹲 (dūn): meaning and stroke order

蹲 (dūn) means to crouch, to squat, to stay (somewhere).

蹲

Simplified
蹲
Traditional
蹲 (same form)
Pinyin
dūn · cún

Stroke order of 蹲

蹲

  • cún (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
  • dūn to crouch; to squat
  • 19 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 蹲

  1. dūn
    • to crouch
    • to squat
    • to stay (somewhere)
  2. cún
    • (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing

Radical and structure

蹲
Radical 足 (Kangxi radical 157) · 19 strokes · 𧾷 on the left, 尊 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

蹲 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 冲过终点的时候，大屏幕上显示的成绩是三小时五十八分。她蹲在地上，又哭又笑。

    chōng guò zhōngdiǎn de shíhou dà píngmù shàng xiǎnshì de chéngjì shì sān xiǎoshí wǔshíbā fēn tā dūn zài dì shàng yòu kū yòu xiào

    When she dashed across the finish line, the big screen showed her time: three hours fifty-eight minutes. She crouched on the ground, crying and laughing at once.

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 蹲

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).