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

Radicals

肉 meatand body parts
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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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