Chinese Character 膝 Meanings and components.

Form

膝

Meaning

膝 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 膝[Xi1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 膝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and (桼)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BDOE

How to write 膝

To write膝xi1old variant … you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 桼qi1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 桼 = 膝

膝 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 膝 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 膝, looks as follow:

膝
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 膝[Xi1]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
桼
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:吕
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
汆
Pinyin:cuan1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Quick-Boil . To Boil For A Short Time
入
Pinyin:ru4
Meaning[3]: To Enter . To Go Into . To Join . To Become A Member Of . To Confirm Or Agree With . Abbr. For 入聲|入声[Ru4 Sheng1]
水
Pinyin:shui3
Meaning[3]: Surname Shui

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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