蹲坑
dūn​kēng

defecate

蹲 dūn 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

坑 kēng pit

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 阬.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰraːŋ
Unicodekæng

Sources

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