TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
蹲
ㄉㄨㄣ · dūn
verb — to squat, crouch
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Izūn → dūn — the z softens to d, the rhyme holds
A foot (足) and 尊 zūn, the honor-the-wine-vessel graph. The legs fold and the body sinks down onto the heels — to squat. 尊 carries the sound, z slid to d. 蹲下、蹲踞.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
他蹲（足）在門口，膝蓋抵著下巴，等了一整天。
He squats (足) by the door, knees to his chin, waiting all day.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)蹲下、蹲踞— to squat, crouch常用
→蹲點— to station oneself, stay put
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension