Chinese symbol for “crouch”
蹲
dūn
to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crouch is 蹲 (dūn), defined as: to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “crouch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跪伏 | guì fú | to crouch (of animal) |
| 趴伏 | pā fú | to crouch; to lie prone |
| 卧 (臥) | wò | to lie; to crouch |
| 蹲下 | dūn xià | to squat down; to crouch |
| 蹲踞 | dūn jù | squat; crouch |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蹲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蹲下 | dūn xià | to squat down; to crouch |
| 蹲点 (蹲點) | dūn diǎn | (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience; (dialect) taking a crap |
| 蹲坑 | dūn kēng | Turkish toilet; squat toilet |
| 蹲守 | dūn shǒu | to hang around keeping a watch out for sth |
| 蹲伏 | dūn fú | to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait) |
| 蹲马步 (蹲馬步) | dūn mǎ bù | to do a martial-art squat |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crouch”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.