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Kanji Detail for 蹲 - "squat, tsukubai"
蹲
- Meaning
蹲 means "squat, tsukubai."
Squat - To crouch; to hunker down; to sit on one's heels.
Tsukubai - A stone water basin placed in a tea garden (Japanese usage).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
crouch; squat; cower
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
squat, crouch; idle about
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to squat, to crouch
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Squatting on something. Standing while bending the knees as if sitting is called 蹲. Also birds and beasts sitting in a precarious position is called 蹲. Such as 蹲鴟 (squatting owl), 蹲龍 (crouching dragon).
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