Memory phrase for the Kanji: 膝
膝
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Meaning
knee
Pronunciation
xī
Explanation
Learn this together with "lacquer/varnish" 漆 [qī] = "From the water/sap 氵of this tree 木 the person 人 makes drops 水 of: lacquer 漆"
Mnemonic
Show English
(In former times they had wooden lacquered knee-protectors) The body part 月/肉 with the lacquer 漆 are the: knee.
Radicals
肉
body part This radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
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Vocabulary
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膝盖
xī gài
knee
双膝
shuāng xī
both knees
护膝
hù xī
kneepad; knee brace
护膝
hù xī
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