蹲
dūncún HSK6

squat

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 尊 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
尊
尊 Sound component
zūn respect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzuːn
Unicodedzhuən

說文解字

《說文》:“蹲,踞也。从足,尊聲。”

Sources

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