䠀 meaning and stroke order
To meditate; to sit cross-legged
How to write 䠀, stroke by stroke
15 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 䠀
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to squat; to sit
How 䠀 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Foot.
足 gives the meaning and 尚 hints at the sound.
Radical: 足 (foot), shared by 119 characters on this site.
How to remember 䠀
The foot radical 足 on the left tells you this is about legs and posture, and 尚 (shàng) on the right gives the sound. Picture someone folding their feet under them to sit still in meditation.
䠀 is a rare character you will mostly meet in dictionaries or older texts, not in everyday speech. It describes sitting cross-legged or squatting. Example: 他䠀坐在地上。(Tā tāng zuò zài dì shang.) He sat cross-legged on the ground.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 䠀 with the common character 躺 (tǎng, to lie down), which has the body radical 身 instead of the foot radical 足. Keep the foot for sitting with folded legs and the body for lying flat.
Questions about 䠀
How many strokes are in 䠀?
䠀 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 䠀 mean?
䠀 (tāng) means to meditate; to sit cross-legged.
How do you pronounce 䠀?
䠀 is pronounced tāng, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 䠀?
The radical of 䠀 is 足, which carries the idea of "foot". Dictionaries list 䠀 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 䠀?
䠀 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 趟, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why does 䠀 have two readings, tāng and chǎng?
The dictionary data lists tāng for the meditation or cross-legged sense and chǎng for the squatting or sitting sense. Both come from the 尚 sound component, so they sound related. Rare characters often keep more than one historical reading.
What word do people normally use today for sitting cross-legged?
In modern Mandarin people usually say 盘腿 (pán tuǐ) for sitting cross-legged and 蹲 (dūn) for squatting. You are unlikely to need 䠀 in conversation, but recognizing it helps when reading classical or Buddhist texts.