crouch

To sit  on one's feet  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
foot
SoundMeaning component
live

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkas

說文解字

蹲也。从足居聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica