蟠踞

Chinese

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

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 盤踞(ばんきょ) (bankyo)

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. (literal 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”)