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15 strokes

to be based upon

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Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
to be based upon; to squat
Strokes
15
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰足居

To sit 居 on one's feet 足; 居 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

15 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

pán

to occupy illegally; to seize (territory); to entrench (oneself)

Open 盘踞 page →
cuàn

to flee in disorder and encamp somewhere

Open 窜踞 page →
pán

variant of 盘踞

Open 蟠踞 page →

lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

Open 虎踞龙盘 page →

lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

Open 虎踞龙蟠 page →
xióng

to be perched high

Open 雄踞 page →

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