Keyword
knee
- Frequency
- #2622
- Strokes
- 15
Readings
xī
Mnemonic
⺼ (flesh) gives the meaning and 桼 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
膝盖
knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
膝
knee
卑躬屈膝
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
膝下
at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
护膝
kneepad; knee brace
双膝
both knees
促膝
to sit knee to knee
膝盖骨
kneecap
牛膝
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
促膝谈心
(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
盘膝
cross-legged
绕膝
(children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
奴颜婢膝
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
膝上型
laptop (computer)
齐膝
level with one's knees; knee-length (skirt etc); knee-deep (mud etc)