You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Cun (cūn) Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 1226, Entry 36 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state the pronunciation is qun. Identical to the character meaning to finish or cease. It also signifies to prostrate oneself. Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines it as to retreat. Zhang Heng, Eastern Metropolis Rhapsody (Dongjing fu): When the matter is concluded, one retreats. Also, Zhang Heng, Western Metropolis Rhapsody (Xijing fu): The appearance of a great bird moving in a leisurely manner. Commentary: Great bird refers to its bearing. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is also pronounced zhuang lun. The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state the pronunciation is cun. Classified Chapters (Leipian) states: To trample with the foot in a reverse direction is called cun. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang zhuan), Seventh Year of Xuan: Qi Miming advanced and kicked it. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states the pronunciation is zun. It means to squat. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Money-makers (Huozhi zhuan): Below there is a squatting owl. Commentary: Xu Guang says: In ancient times, the word for squat was written as cun. Zhuangzi, External Things (Waiwu): Leading disciples to squat by the Kuanshui River. Pronunciation and Meaning (Yinyi) notes: The Dictionary (Zilin) says: Cun is the ancient form of the character for squat. Huainanzi, Treatise on the Spirit (Jingshen xun): There is a squatting crow within the sun. Commentary: Cun means to squat.