膝

xī

knee

Radical: 月 Strokes: 15

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾胜脸腹

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Character Decomposition

膝=⺼+桼

Etymology

flesh

Meanings

knee

xī

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Words with 膝 79 total

to sit knee to knee促膝cù xī cross-legged盘膝pán xī Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)牛膝niú xī (children) run around parent's knees · fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents绕膝rào xī knee · (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)膝盖xī gài to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)膝袒xī tǎn at the knee (in reference to children) · (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)膝下xī xià kneepad · knee brace护膝hù xī both knees双膝shuāng xī level with one's knees · knee-length (skirt etc) · knee-deep (mud etc)齐膝qí xī (dialect) knee磕膝盖kē xī gài kneecap膝盖骨xī gài gǔ curtsy屈膝礼qū xī lǐ hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)牛膝草niú xī cǎo

Idioms with 膝 21 total Chain

to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning · bending and scraping to curry favor卑躬屈膝bēi gōng qū xī (idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk促膝谈心cù xī tán xīn servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning · bending and scraping to curry favor奴颜婢膝nú yán bì xī

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