蟠踞 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pán, fán coil

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

番 Sound component

fān to take turns

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ba	[b]ˤar	curl (v.)
	ban	[b]ˤar	curl (v.)
Zhengzhang		baːn
		ban
Unicode	bhɑn

說文解字

鼠婦也。从虫番聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jù crouch

To sit 居 on one's feet 足; 居 also provides the pronunciation

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

居 Sound Meaning component

jū live

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kas

說文解字

蹲也。从足居聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)