蟠踞

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 蟠踞 – see 盤踞 (“to illegally or forcibly occupy; to be entrenched”).
(This term, 蟠踞, is a variant form of 盤踞.)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
蟠 踞
ばん
Hyōgaiji		 きょ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Verb

蟠(ばん)踞(きょ)する • (bankyo suru) suru (stem 蟠(ばん)踞(きょ)し (bankyo shi), past 蟠(ばん)踞(きょ)した (bankyo shita))

  1. (literally or figurative) to put down roots, to take root, to become well established
    巨木(きょぼく)が蟠踞(ばんきょ)する
    kyoboku ga bankyosuru
    the large tree is well-rooted
    胸中(きょうちゅう)に蟠踞(ばんきょ)する夫(おっと)
    kyōchū ni bankyosuru otto
    my husband firmly in mind (literally: “established in my heart”)
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