Original meaning: to squat
Pictograph of a person squatting down. Based on the original meaning "to squat", now written as 蹲.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tshwin | [tsʰ]u[r] | to run; to squat (Shuōwén) |
說文解字
《說文》：“夋，行夋夋也。一曰倨也。从夂，允聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 布之道《説字小記（一）》
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)