Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蹲
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蹲 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning
| to crouch, to squat
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Pronunciation |
dūn |
Explanation |
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: honorific 尊 (When sth. comes out 丷 of a wine mug 酉 by a skillful hand 寸, it's seen to be: honorific.) |
Mnemonic
| (Making a kowtow?) With your feet you are honorific, if you crouch.
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Radicals
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足
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foot | |
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尊
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honorific | |
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酉
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wine, alcohol | |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand". |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 蹲踞 |
dūn jù |
squat; crouch |
| 蹲膘 |
dūn biāo |
to fatten cattle in a shed; to become fat |
| 蹲厕 |
dūn cè |
squat toilet |
| 蹲厕 |
dūn cè |
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