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蹲 Kanji meaning "crouch, squat, cower"

Jiten frequency #2563Kanken Level 1TMW Major Idol19 strokes

Meanings

crouch, squat, cower

On'yomi

ソンシュン

Kun'yomi

つくば.ううずくま.る

Composed of

足legradical
尊revered

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

這(は)い蹲(つくば)るto grovel#62626這(は)い蹲(つくば)うto grovel#77670蹲(つくば)うto crouch#278638蹲(つくば)いstone wash basin found in Japanese gardens#468561

Most common words using this kanji

蹲(うずくま)るto crouch#22806這(は)い蹲(つくば)るto grovel#62626這(は)い蹲(つくば)うto grovel#77670蹲(そん)踞(きょ)crouching#107679蹲(つくばい)stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens#133257蹲(つくな)むto squat#215595蹲踞(つくばい)stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens#223648蹲(つくば)うto crouch#278638蹲(つくば)いstone wash basin found in Japanese gardens#468561
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