You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 1228, Entry 17 Pronounced ju (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states: To squat. Da Dai Liji (Dai Liji) states: To reside alone and squat. Commentary: Ju means to squat. Zuo Zhuan (Zuozhuan), twenty-fourth year of Duke Xiang: Both sat with legs spread and played the zither. Commentary: To spread the garments. Sub-commentary: Ju refers to sitting in this manner. Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Gao: The Duke of Pei was squatting on the bed. Commentary: Ju means to sit with legs stretched out or propped up. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Yu: The High Ancestor sat with legs spread like a winnowing basket and scolded, showing great disrespect. Commentary: Sitting with legs spread like a winnowing basket means to extend both legs, forming a shape like a winnowing basket. Leipian (Leipian) notes: Sometimes written in a variant form. See the entry for that character for details. Pronounced ju (level tone). The meaning is the same.