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膝

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knee

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How 膝 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 桼 (phonetic)

components: ⺼ 桼

How to remember it

knees · Heisig RSH #2025

flesh + Baron von Rumpelbrella

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 膝

WordPinyinMeaning
男人膝下有黄金 nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of ot…
膝上型电脑 xī shàng xíng diàn nǎo laptop (computer)
牛膝草 niú xī cǎo hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
膝上型 xī shàng xíng laptop (computer)
膝上舞 xī shàng wǔ lap dance
膝盖骨 xī gài gǔ kneecap
膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandpar…
促膝谈心 cù xī tán xīn (idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
双膝 shuāng xī both knees
牛膝 niú xī Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
盘膝 pán xī cross-legged
护膝 hù xī kneepad; knee brace
屈膝礼 qū xī lǐ curtsy
绕膝承欢 rào xī chéng huān to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
齐膝 qí xī level with one's knees; knee-length (skirt etc); knee-deep (mud etc)
膝盖 xī gài knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
绕膝 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
磕膝盖 kē xī gài (dialect) knee
卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
促膝 cù xī to sit knee to knee