膝
xī HSK7

knee

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approved by Prismcool · Nov 6, 2023, 06:53 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Nov 6, 2023, 06:53 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 桼 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

桼
桼 Sound component

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsits-tsik knee

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica