膝

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knee

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 桼 sound

Components ⺼桼

knees · Heisig RSH #2025

flesh + Baron von Rumpelbrella

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
男人膝下有黄金	nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn	lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of ot…
膝上型电脑	xī shàng xíng diàn nǎo	laptop (computer)
牛膝草	niú xī cǎo	hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
膝上型	xī shàng xíng	laptop (computer)
膝上舞	xī shàng wǔ	lap dance
膝盖骨	xī gài gǔ	kneecap
膝下	xī xià	at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandpar…
促膝谈心	cù xī tán xīn	(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
双膝	shuāng xī	both knees
牛膝	niú xī	Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
盘膝	pán xī	cross-legged
护膝	hù xī	kneepad; knee brace
屈膝礼	qū xī lǐ	curtsy
绕膝承欢	rào xī chéng huān	to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
齐膝	qí xī	level with one's knees; knee-length (skirt etc); knee-deep (mud etc)
膝盖	xī gài	knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
绕膝	rào xī	(children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
磕膝盖	kē xī gài	(dialect) knee
卑躬屈膝	bēi gōng qū xī	to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
促膝	cù xī	to sit knee to knee