膝

xī
#2,302 most
frequent character
knee

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

膝 xī has 月 meat as its meaning part and 桼 qī as its sound part. The first meaning is 'knee'. The sounds share the same rhyme.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

膝xī
old variant of 膝[xi1]

Homophones

HSK 3
西xī
west
吸xī
inhale, breathe, absorb, suck in
悉xī
in all cases, know
惜xī
to cherish, to begrudge, to pity
牺xī
sacrifice
稀xī
rare, uncommon, watery, sparse

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