Memory phrase for the character: 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
 
(In former times they had wooden lacquered knee-protectors) The body part 月/肉 with the lacquer 漆 are the: knee.

Radicals

肉 body partThis 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

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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