膝 xī knee
How to remember 膝: 月 meat + 桼 lacquer = knee. Grandpa drops some meat from the barbecue onto the wet lacquer of his new deck, kneels for it and leaves the print of his knee.
Component breakdown
膝 = 月 meat + 桼 lacquer
- 月 meat
- 桼 lacquer
Grandpa drops some meat from the barbecue onto the wet lacquer of his new deck, kneels for it and leaves the print of his knee.
How it is used
- "Knee" - 膝盖 (xīgài) the knee (everyday word), 膝下 (xīxià) at one's knees (a formal way of referring to having children).
- Idiom 促膝谈心 (cùxī-tánxīn) to sit knee-to-knee for a heart-to-heart talk.