夋
qūn

to dawdle

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approved by Prismcool · Jun 13, 2025, 09:02 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jun 13, 2025, 09:02 PM

Changed etymology

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Original meaning: to squat

Pictograph of a person squatting down. Based on the original meaning "to squat", now written as 蹲.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts the head.

◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts the body in a squat position.

夂
夂 Iconic component

夂 is a component form of 止. Depicts feet.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshwin[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)