蹲
蹲: to crouch
to crouch; to squat
19 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 4 words here
Readings
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ソン・シュン
Kunつくばう・うずくまる
Verbs 蹲る (うずくまる, to crouch) and 蹲う (つくばう); 蹲 is also the stone basin in a tea garden, and 蹲踞 (そんきょ) the squat in sumo.
Key words
蹲るうずくまるto crouch; to squat
蹲踞そんきょsquatting posture
蹲つくばいstone washbasin in a tea garden
蹲うつくばうto crouch
Example sentences
お腹の痛みに耐えかねて、彼は道端に蹲った。
Unable to bear the pain in his stomach, he crouched down by the roadside.
茶室の入り口には、手を清める蹲が置かれている。
At the entrance to the tea room there is a stone basin for purifying the hands.
力士たちは土俵の中央で蹲踞の姿勢をとり、静かに立ち合いを待った。
The wrestlers took the squatting posture at the center of the ring and quietly waited for the face-off.