Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
knee, lap
Kun:
ひざ
On:
シツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2320 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 膝窩静脈 【シツカジョウミャク】 popliteal vein
  • 膝窩動脈 【シツカドウミャク】 popliteal artery

Kun reading compounds

  • 膝 【ひざ】 knee, lap, knee and thigh (while sitting)
  • 跪く 【ひざまずく】 to kneel (in respect), to genuflect
  • 両膝 【りょうひざ】 both knees
  • 突き膝 【つきひざ】 knee touch down, posture with knees and toes on the floor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
seul

Spanish

  • rodilla

Portuguese

French

3814 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2281 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1917 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1359 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
985 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29837 Morohashi
4868 New Nelson (John Haig)
2461 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1002 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3942 2001 Kanji
4b11.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-11 SKIP code
7423.2 Four corner code
1-41-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
819d Unicode hex code