Definitions
(coll.) to put sth down heavily; to plonk
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A phono-semantic compound, 蹾 combines the foot/leg radical 足 on the left, hinting at actions of the lower body, with the phonetic element 敦 on the right. The character means to set something down heavily or roughly, and can also refer to a sudden downward motion of the body, similar to squatting or dropping. Due to shared pronunciation and physical action, it often appears as a regional variant of 蹲 (to squat) or 撴 (to drop or bump heavily).
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