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膝

xī

knee

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (flesh) provides meaning, 桼 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 15 strokes Common (23%)

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Component Breakdown

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⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

桼

qī

the varnish tree; varnish, lacquer; paint

⿰⺼桼 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉

4 strokes

qī

桼

the varnish tree; varnish, lacquer; paint

💡 Ideographic: A tree 木 whose sap 氺 is used as varnish

11 strokes

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

⿱人氺

Radical component

Words Using 膝 (24)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

old variant of [[膝<xī>]]

xī

膝 ↗

old variant of [[膝<xī>]]

膝下 ↗

xīxià

at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)

xīxià

膝下 ↗

at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)

促膝 ↗

cùxī

lit. knees pressed close / intimate / seated side by side / in close contact

cùxī

促膝 ↗

lit. knees pressed close / intimate / seated side by side / in close contact

牛膝 ↗

niúxī

Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)

niúxī

牛膝 ↗

Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)

hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)

niúxīcǎo

牛膝草 ↗

hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)

男人膝下有黄金 ↗

nánrénxīxiàyǒuhuángjīn

lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)

nánrénxīxiàyǒuhuángjīn

男人膝下有黄金 ↗

lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)

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